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What is Geotechnical Engineering? Outreach whatisgeotech.org website to society-at-large, developed by ISSMGE, answers this question
Next time you want to explain to your family, friends, or even students, what is geotechnical engineering, you can easily direct them to the whatisgeotech.org website! It was developed under the guida...
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Diaphragm wall construction in Germany on the Elbe-Harvel Canal
- Sep, 16, 2013
- News On Projects / Industry Retaining Walls
- Elbe-Havel Canal, Genthin, Germany
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The construction of the new Zerben lock will facilitate the passage of large barges to reach ports on the river Rhine and Berlin’s inland harbor network. A diaphragm wall is being constructed as a fou...
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gINT V8i: Free Trial for 30 days!
Bentley’s gINT software provides centralized data management and reporting for subsurface projects of all types: geotechnical, geoenvironmental, geophysical, petroleum, mining, and more. gINT High...
Read MoreHayward Baker Receives Commitment to Excellence in Safety Award
As announced by Hayward Baker, the company has received the 2013 Rick Marshall Commitment to Excellence in Safety award from the International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC). The award is...
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Pile driving for foundational support (video)
- Sep, 09, 2013
- News On Projects / Industry Pile Foundations Foundation Design / Construction
- Louisville, Jeffersonville, IN, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Pile driving has started under the surveillance of Walsh Construction to support overpasses that are part of the Ohio River bridges project. The used piles are steel H-piles 150-feet long and consist...
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Flood in Colorado leads to 3 deaths and many disasters
- Sep, 12, 2013
- Other News Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Heavy rain ended up to flood Colorado. Three deaths are reported and a woman is missing. Rescuers’ job was impeded as the roads were inaccessible and the sky should be clear for the helicopters to fly...
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Sinkhole results in building collapses in Florida
- Aug, 12, 2013
- Other News Rock Mass Characterization
- Florida, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Florida is full of carbonate rocks, and this is one of the reasons why incidents such as this 60-foot-wide sinkhole which formed under a resort in central Florida, occur. The evacuation started before...
Read MoreFHWA released a report on GRS
- Sep, 09, 2013
- News On Publications Foundation Design / Construction Geosynthetics For Reinforcement Ground Improvement
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has just released a report that investigates the composite behavior of a geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) mass. GRS bear strong resemblance to Mechanically...
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Geoengineer's August newsletter is out!
The latest issue of our newsletter has been released. This month we welcome ISSMGE's new website, aiming to let the general public know what Geoengineering is. And as always we keep you up to date wi...
Read MoreISSMGE's Case Histories' Journal releases Special Issue on Deep Foundations!
Geoengineer.org is pleased to announce the first issue of volume 3 of the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, an official Journal of the International Society for Soil Me...
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