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Keller's cliff stabilization scheme for Scarborough Spa

Nov, 27, 2020
Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
United Kingdom
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Keller helped provide a solution to stabilize a cliff face and protect an iconic building in North Yorkshire, UK. The historic building is known as the Scarborough Spa. It is a Grade II listed buildi...

Cracks open in Hawaii and threaten local house

Jun, 06, 2018
News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geoenvironmental Engineering
Leilani estates, Big Island Hawaii, U.S.A.
Authored by: Geoengineer.org

After dealing with volcanic ash and toxic gasses spewing from the fissures left behind, the residents in the Leilani Estates community have to copy with enormous cracks. Ground cracks are asso...