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Scotland's railway resilience work puts earthworks and drainage first

Scotland’s rail network is being reinforced against a changing climate, with GBP130m invested over the past two years in works aimed at reducing disruption from flooding, landslips, rockfalls and extr...

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Tajikistan raises Rogun dam to 1,155 meters ahead of schedule

Tajikistan has raised the dam of the Rogun Hydropower Plant to 1,155 meters above sea level ahead of schedule, President Emomali Rahmon was informed during a visit to the project, as construction cont...

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Alaska’s thawing permafrost turns rebuilding into a ground engineering decision

In parts of western Alaska, the ground is no longer behaving like ground. In the coastal village of Kwigillingok, along the Bering Sea, some areas now feel soft, wet and unstable — a local symptom...

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Single-Helix Anchors and Piles Show Load Capacity Gains of up to Seven Times Over Plain Pipe Piles

Dr. Alan J. Lutenegger, Emeritus Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, published a technical analysis examining how the addition of a single helical plate t...

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Sizewell C puts geotechnical works at the centre of nuclear construction

The next major phase of Sizewell C will depend heavily on specialist ground engineering, as the project prepares the construction platform for one of the UK’s largest new energy infrastructure schemes...

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Year in Infrastructure 2026: acknowledging subsurface innovation and excellence

Bentley Systems has announced the finalists for the 2026 Year in Infrastructure Awards, highlighting infrastructure projects that are advancing digital engineering and helping solve some of the world’...

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Man pulled from sinkhole after dramatic Cornwall campsite collapse

A former miner was rescued from a sinkhole after the ground collapsed beneath him at a Cornwall campsite, leaving his car balanced at the edge of the opening above.Ian Haynes, 62, a former miner from...

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Himalayan glacial collapse triggers deadly floods across Nepal and Tibet

More than 1,300 people are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet region after a sudden collapse of mud, rock and ice triggered catastrophic flooding through Himalayan valleys. At least 165 people hav...

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$1.7B Big Bend infrastructure plan tests balance between security and landscape protection

Heavy equipment has begun working inside Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas as federal crews assess ground conditions for a major border infrastructure programme. The work is linked to a USD1.7...

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UC Davis GeoSystems Lab Releases blockWorks & bimLab Apps

blockWorks and bimLab — two new software tools for geotechnical and geological engineers — have been released by the UC Davis GeoSystems Lab, led by Prof. Michael Gardner. The apps help researchers an...

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