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Cherry Island vertical expansion project: an engineering challenge
- Mar, 17, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Geoenvironmental Engineering Other Geotechnical
- Cherry Island Landfill, Wilmington, DE
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The municipal solid waste disposal facility of Cherry Island in Wilmington Delaware, operating since 1985, started reaching its full operational capacity by the early 2000s, making the Delaware S...
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Panama Canal expansion project resumes, but with significant delays.
- Mar, 14, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction Underground Structures
- 8.959562, -79.554877
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At the beginning of 2014, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the consortium responsible for building the new set of locks on the system, disputed over the nine month delay of the project and the cos...
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Climate change may increase landslide risk by up to 25% in the Göta river valley
- Mar, 13, 2014
- Other News Landslides Risk & Reliability
- 57.9967466, 12.1218897
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Increasing landslide events in the Göta river valley, combined with future climate changes led the Swedish government to address the issue, by funding the Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI) to...
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Can shale fracking be responsible for Ohio's recent seismic activity?
- Mar, 12, 2014
- Other News Seismic Rock Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The area of Youngstown, Ohio had never experienced earthquakes, up until 2011 where about 109 minor seismic events were recorded, initiating relative research on behalf of the Geophysical Researc...
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Storm damage in Dawlish rail, U.K. cuts off regions and calls for inland lines.
- Mar, 11, 2014
- Other News Railway Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Railway Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The recent high winds, rain and high tides in the area of Dawlish, U.K. left a 30 metre section of the coastal rail line hanging by a thread after the wall supporting the track collapsed into the wate...
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All-Alaskan Gas Pipeline (AAGP): a mega-project to boost America's energy market
The $50 billion All-Alaskan Gas Pipeline project is going to transport natural gas from the North Slope down to the Kenai Peninsula, south of Anchorage. The project will include apart from t...
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Rockfall at Birling Gap, U.K. is caught live!
- Mar, 07, 2014
- Other News Erosion Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At Birling Gap in Sussex, U.K., white chalk cliffs are perpetually eroding as a result of the frosts and months of heavy rain and high waves. Watch the occurrence of a significant collapse event, on M...
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ADSC-IAFD Elects Directors and Officers, Presents Scholarships and Annual Awards!
The ADSC - International Association of Foundation Drilling has recently elected directors and officers, presented scholarships as well as a variety of awards to member companies and individuals...
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7th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering: Proceedings available
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering held in Chicago, April 29 - May 4, 2013 are now available to order. The proceedings contain two...
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Additional Tests Boost KeyLAB’s Appeal
Over the last 18 months Peter Keeton has been heading up a team at Keynetix to write British Standard and ASTM Standard compliant test definitions, laboratory worksheets and reports for KeyLAB. This...
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