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Award lectures from Charlotte Geo-Congress 2022

The following special lectures were given at the context of Geo-Congress 2022 (Charlotte, North Carolina | March 20-23 2022). All lectures can be found in the media gallery below. Karl Terzaghi Lect...

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Australian landslide: two fatalities and two others critically injured

Two members of a British family have died and two others are critically injured from a landslide while they were hiking on holiday in Australia. The man, 49, and his 9 year old son were killed by fal...

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The Evolution of Geotechnical Information Management: Why Cloud-Based Management is Growing Fast

All earth scientists know the geological time scale. From the Archean era of the Earth’s formation billions of years ago, through the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras of shifting land formations and bizar...

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Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Floods and landslides kill eight, thirteen missing

Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 8 people including six children and leaving 13 missing, authorities said on Saturday...

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Ground Control: Six ways transportation projects can meet their subsurface challenges

There are 167.5 million crossings every day on 43,578 US bridges considered structurally deficient and in poor condition – and a similar story has played out in other nations over the past decade. Ad...

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Azuay Province, Ecuador landslide: at least four fatalities, houses destroyed

At least four fatalities after heavy rain in southern Ecuador triggered floods and landslides in Azuay Province on 27 March 2022. Floods and landslides pushed rocks and debris onto the small commun...

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Lake Williams dam construction is expected to start on April

York Water Co.'s Lake Williams Dam is set to be renovated throughout the end of this year and through much of 2023. “The existing earth dam, built in 1912, does not meet 21st-century engineering de...

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Houston, Texas: New Memorial Park land bridge tunnel opens for traffic

The wait is over for Houstonians who have been eagerly watching the construction of the Memorial Park land bridge tunnels. On Monday, March 28, the first phase of the tunnels - eastbound - will ope...

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Gray Matters Civil Engineering Webinar Series

Register now for “Gray Matters,” a PDH-eligible, live webinar series is designed as an introduction to helical pile technology for engineers and engineering students. Student participants will be...

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Jordan: Construction of Ibn Hammad Dam has been completed

The Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) has completed the construction works of Ibn Hammad Dam in Ghor Haditha area in the Southern Jordan Valley in the Karak governorate. The dam has a total storage ca...

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