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3 major East Coast tunnel, the Hudson Tunnel, the Howard Street Tunnel and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, projects move forward
- Jan, 11, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Railway Geotechnics News On Events News On Projects / Industry Other News
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Three major tunnel projects that connect key transportation arteries on the East Coast are advancing. The Hudson Tunnel between New York and New Jersey, the Howard Street Tunnel in Maryland and the C...
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Application of the Convergence-Confinement Method in PLAXIS 2D
- Jan, 24, 2022
- Rock Engineering Numerical & Constitutive Modeling News On Software
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Estimation of the support required to stabilize a tunnel excavation, especially in the vicinity of the face, is essentially a four-dimensional problem. Time-dependent weakening of the rock will com...
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Bellevue landslide: Investigations on the cause of the landslide and review of the age and condition of water main that broke
- Jan, 17, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Events News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Washington, Bellevue
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The City of Bellevue launched an investigation after a landslide caused an occupied house to slide off its foundation and collapse on January 17. Officials said the investigation could take weeks or...
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Protecting Toronto’s Port Lands
- Jan, 21, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Canada, Toronto
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The potential of the Port Lands waterfront has long been unrealized and under threat from flooding. But now an ambitious redevelopment is underway, with Keller bringing its expertise in diaphragm wal...
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How to Model Rock Engineering Problems in PLAXIS Geotechnical Analysis Software
- Jan, 21, 2022
- Rock Engineering News On Software Numerical & Constitutive Modeling
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Rock engineering projects can be fascinating. Engineers working on rock need to design solutions that mobilize the natural strength of complex, largely unknown rock masses, which often play the roles...
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Three fatalities in Himachal Pradesh landslide
- Jan, 18, 2022
- Slope Stability Landslides Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability Slope Stabilization News On Events News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India
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Three persons were killed in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district on Monday, a senior state Disaster Management Department official said. The victims were identified as Kahan Chand of...
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Tsunami hits South Pacific island of Tonga following a giant volcanic eruption: streets and buildings flooded
- Jan, 15, 2022
- Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Offshore Geotechnics News On Events News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Tonga
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Tonga's largest island, Tongatapu, has been hit by a tsunami when an underwater volcano in the South Pacific exploded in a violent eruption on Saturday. Satellite imagery shows a massive ash cloud an...
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Bentley Systems Announces License-Free Data Upload Features for OpenGround
Bentley Systems announced that the Data Upload features for OpenGround are now available to use license-free via the new upload portal. Any user with an OpenGround login, can visit the upload portal,...
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Northern Ireland: new consortium to explore geothermal energy projects
- Dec, 21, 2021
- Geothermal Other Geotechnical Energy Geotechnics Geo-Energy News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
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Projects that provide 100% renewable energy to homes and businesses across the region will be brought forward by Geothermal NI, which is formed of MJM Renewables, Arup, Queen’s University Belfast and...
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Captivating Geotechnical Engineering News in 2021
Geoengineer.org is pleased to launch a video with a selection of the most captivating news that were posted in 2022. Big things happened in 2022 at the Geotechnical world as we posted a total of 241...
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