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Quick Clay Failure on Norway’s E6 at Levanger
- Aug, 30, 2025
- Landslides Settlements Slope Stability Slope Stabilization News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geology Highlights
- Norway
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On August 30, 2025, a suspected quick clay landslide severed Norway’s main north–south corridor near Nesvatnet, Levanger, collapsing both lanes of the E6, an older parallel road, and a section of the...
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Kansai International Airport: Engineering Ambition Meets Geotechnical Clayey Reality
- Jul, 18, 2025
- Settlements Soil Structure Interaction Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Japan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Kansai International Airport (KIX), one of Asia’s busiest aviation hubs, was constructed entirely on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. Opened in 1994, the airport spans over 2,600 acres across two m...
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Sinkhole in Ventura Linked to Construction Shoring Collapse
- May, 29, 2025
- Settlements Soil Mechanics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, California , Ventura
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A construction site on Front Street in Ventura, California, experienced a severe ground collapse that created a large sinkhole, resulting in the loss of multiple vehicles and damage to nearby propert...
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Sinking Cities: The U.S. Subsidence Crisis
- May, 26, 2025
- Settlements Satellite-Based Geomatics News On Publications News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A recent study has revealed a trend affecting the stability of American urban infrastructure: land subsidence. Using high-resolution satellite radar data, researchers identified that all but three of...
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Seoul’s Underground Infrastructure Raises Ground Stability Concerns
- May, 15, 2025
- Settlements Tunneling Underground Structures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Korea
- Authored by: Alexandros Tsavalas
Seoul’s recent sinkholes have raised public safety concerns and questions on how existing and future underground infrastructure affects such events. On March 25th, as you can see in the following vi...
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Ground Shifts and Gaps in Safety: What Caused the Gwangmyeong Subway Failure?
- Apr, 11, 2025
- Underground Structures Tunneling Settlements News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Korea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On April 11, a devastating collapse occurred at a subway construction site in Gwangmyeong, South Korea, leaving one worker rescued after 13 hours underground and another still missing. The tunnel, bu...
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Estimating Settlement of Shallow Foundations on Granular Soils
- Apr, 10, 2025
- Shallow Foundations Soil Mechanics Settlements News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Shallow foundations often give the illusion of simplicity—concrete blocks resting on firm ground, carrying the weight of entire buildings. But what lies beneath, particularly in granular soils like s...
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Radar Eyes on Peat: Mapping Hidden Landslide Risks Across Scotland
- Apr, 04, 2025
- Slope Stability Satellite-Based Soil Mechanics Settlements Geomatics Aerial News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Peatlands are more than just soft, soggy ground. In Scotland, they cover vast, remote, and ecologically significant areas—and they are increasingly the focus of environmental restoration efforts. Bu...
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Geotechnical news recap of March 2025 now on YouTube!
- Apr, 01, 2025
- Landslides Rock Engineering Seismic Seismic Slope Stability Settlements Erosion Stabilization Structural Geology Mining Soil Structure Interaction Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
You can now find Geoengineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting geotechnical news of March 2025. Namely, these were: 1) Geotechnica...
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Unstable Ground: Lessons from the I-80 New Jersey Sinkhole Saga
- Mar, 20, 2025
- Settlements Mining Soil Structure Interaction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, New Jersey
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In Wharton, New Jersey, a routine repair operation turned into a civil engineering crisis when a new 15-by-15-foot sinkhole suddenly opened on Interstate 80 in mid-March 2025. This was the third such...
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