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Vertek's latest news on the use of CPTu test results!
- Mar, 31, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Remediation Technology Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Apart from correcting and adjusting soil behavior type characterizations, pore pressure data can be used in a variety of ways, with the most important being the ability to estimate the groundwater con...
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National Survey: 17% of Indonesians live in landslide prone areas
- Mar, 30, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Indonesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), 17% of Indonesia's population, this being translated to nearly 41 million people, live in areas susceptible to landslides. With landslide m...
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Keynetix: Watch this fantastic Visualization on presenting 3D borehole models!
In this video you will learn how to transform your Geotechnical Data using a 3D Borehole Model! This is a fantastic Visualization Case Study, where you are able to watch how users are using K...
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Japan 2011 earthquake continues to cause climate changes
- Mar, 27, 2015
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Geophysics
- Tokyo, Japan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, thousands of tons of global-warming and ozone-depleting chemicals were released into the atmosphere, following the Tohoku 2011 eart...
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Hayward Baker: Geo-Foundations achieves the OHSAS 18001:2007 Certification
Geo-Foundations, a subsidiary of Hayward Baker Canada Ltd., becomes the First Specialty Foundation and Ground Improvement Trade Contractor in North America to achieve the certification for the OHSAS...
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About less deadly landslides!
- Mar, 24, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Washington, WA, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Could the Oso landslide have been avoided? Are there more landslide prone areas across the country and how could state and federal agencies locate them and take precautions? Professors of the Uni...
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Dam in Buckeye Lake to be replaced
- Mar, 23, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering Slope Stability
- Buckeye Lake, Ohio
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Ohio governor committed to rebuild the Buckeye Lake dam to adress the significant flooding risks associated with the aging embankment, which has been showing signs of decay during the past decad...
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Read about Keynetix's successful visit in Australia and New Zealand !
Mr. Roger Chandler, Keynetix's Managing Director, has returned from a very successful visit, exhibiting at the ANZ 2015 Conference in Wellington in New Zealand. The Conference, which is runnning ev...
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[Video]: Watch a civil engineer's display on dams for elementary school Career Day!
Grady Hillhouse, a civil engineer specialized in dams and large hydraulic structures, prepared a display for an elementary school Career Day to explain the basic principles of dam function! Watch the...
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Bentley’s gINT software applied in Montevideo Multipurpose Harbour Project, 2014 Be Inspired Award Winner
- Mar, 19, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley’s gINT software applied in Montevideo Multipurpose Harbour Project, 2014 Be Inspired Award Winner - Innovation in Land Development and Management ! Scope of work for the project was the co...
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