A total of 317 news were posted in Geoengineer.org’s News Center in 2017. (http://www.geoengineer.org) Here is a compilation of the most captivating news this year. Find the announcement with links to all news items in http://www.geoengineer.org/news-center/news/item/1917-video-with-the-most-captivating-2017-geotechnical-engineering-news News included: JANUARY -Italian village torn apart by slow-moving landslide -Geopier introduces the GeoConcrete® Column On-Site Installation and Animation -Landslide in Greece cuts off access to an entire village FEBRUARY -Peru hotel collapses into river in dramatic caught on camera video -Humboldt introduces the Electrical Density Gauge -Landslide in San Bernardino County California MARCH -GeoWorld network of geotechs upgrades platform -Landslide re to create 3D city model -Novotech becomes the distributor of CivilFEM software in North America MAY -Kyrgyzstan Landslide leaves at least 24 people dead -Gilson launches its HM-500 Pocket Penetrometer -Deadly M5.5 earthquake hits Xinjiang, China -Massive landslide buries part of California Highway 1 JUNE -Greek village Anargyroi in the region of Kozani, evacuated after huge mining-induced landslide -Geocomp boasts capacities for Coal Combustion Residuals Facilities -Tsunami waves kill 4 people in Greenland -Deadly landslide occurs in Sichuan province, China JULY -Unprecedented rainfall causes the death of at least 11 people in Japan -Deadly M6.6 earthquake hits Kos Island, Greece AUGUST -Residents evacuate after mudslide hits Swiss-Italian border village -Pile Dynamics demonstrates how to Operate Shaft Quantitative Inspection Device (SQUID) -Devastating landslide hits Sierra Leone’s capital Death toll rises to 500 SEPTEMBER -Burst Dam In Laos Sends Workers Running For Their Lives -Ruptured Dam Forces 70,000 To Evacuate Puerto Rico -Mexico gets hit again by deadly M7.1 earthquake, killing at least 250 people OCTOBER -Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano erupts again -World’s first floating wind farm powers up offshore Scotland -Vietnam floods and landslides leave dozens dead -Hayward Baker is helping to preserve and restore a historic US Government facility in Southern California -Deadly typhoon kills three in Japan -"Geo-Trends Review" : The first crowdsourcing-based content magazine in Geotechnical Engineering launched! NOVEMBER -Flash floods turned roads into torrents of mud and debris on the Western outskirts of Athens, Greece -The death toll from the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit Iran's mountainous border with Iraq on Sunday, has now been raised to at least 530 people, according to Iranian officials. -About 100,000 residents living near Bali’s Mount Agung volcano were ordered to evacuate, as the first major eruption in 54 years could be “imminent” DECEMBER -Controls introduces the Standard Triaxial system with built-in digital data acquisition -5 dead, 15 missing after mudslide in southern Chile Tune-in daily to the Geoengineer.org News Center for the most interesting news in geotechnical engineering (http://www.geoengineer.org/news-center/news) . Contact us if you want your news to be included too! (http://www.geoengineer.org/contact-us) (mailto: [email protected]) Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/www.geoengineer.org?ref=hl Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeoengineerOrg Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/geoengineer-org FreeBackgroundMusic Lazy Pirate - Frozen River https://soundcloud.com/freebmusic/lazy-pirate-frozen-river Website - www.freebackgroundmusic.co.uk YouTube - goo.gl/fFI0z8 SoundCloud - @freebmusic Facebook - goo.gl/2otgOU Twitter - twitter.com/FreeBMusic Google+ - goo.gl/TybZuK Lazy Pirate: SoundCloud - @lazypirate-1 YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCccg921WVMNCTwc4-0Q53QA Show more