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Second 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits western Afghanistan within a week

A new 6.3 magnitude earthquake this morning came to hit the same region in Afghanistan as the one that suffered widespread destruction on Saturday. Furthermore, the 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Satur...

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Burst dam causes flooding and landslides in Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé

A colonial-era dam near Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, gave way due to torrential rain at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, sending a destructive wave of water down the city. Furthermore, the w...

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How the Past 30 Years of PLAXIS History Pave the Way for a Promising Future

Over the last 30 years, PLAXIS innovation has driven the geotechnical analysis industry, enabling engineers to design much of the global infrastructure we use today. However, we don’t want to write o...

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Mohamad Hussein, P.E. Announced as Pile Dynamics, Inc. and GRL Engineers, Inc. Executive Director of Global Industry Relations

Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI) and GRL Engineers, Inc. (GRL) cooperatively announce Mr. Mohamad Hussein, P.E. as Executive Director of Global Industry Relations, a newly developed strategic role within th...

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Announcing the Publication of the 2023 Geotechnical Business Directory

GeoWorld has just published its 2023 Geotechnical Business Directory. The directory is published with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This i...

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Karl von Terzaghi was born on this day in 1883 and you can read all about him on Geoengineer.org!

The father of soil mechanics, Karl von Terzaghi, was born on this day in 1883 and Geoengineer.org has a section dedicated to him! Here you can find information about him in our “on this day” section...

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Drilling for Stuttgart 21 project’s 56km tunnels marks completion

A significant milestone was reached in the Stuttgart 21 project with the final tunneling breakthrough taking place in the city’s airport tunnel on September the 14th. Furthermore, the Stuttgart 21 p...

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New study finds that the fastest ever underwater flow was triggered by 2022 Tonga eruption

A new study, published on September 7 in the science magazine, showed that the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai submarine volcano in January 2022 caused the fastest underwater flow ever reco...

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Landslide causes large part of Swedish motorway to collapse

A landslide that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, September 23, caused the collapse of a large part of the E6 motorway in Sweden. Furthermore, the E6 connects the Swedish city of Gothenburg...

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Drilling for the 5.63-kilometer-long Učka Tunnel in Croatia has been completed

It was announced that drilling for the new 5.63-kilometer-long Učka Tunnel in Croatia has been completed on Monday, September 18. The new Učka Tunnel will be the second road tunnel under the Učka mou...

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