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India’s longest highway road tunnel in Hyderabad
- Mar, 20, 2022
- Tunneling News On Projects / Industry Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Other News
- India, Hyderabad
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
If things go as per plans, Hyderabad will have the country’s longest Highway Road Tunnel, tentatively about 10 km from Jubilee Hills Road No 45 Junction to Banjara Hills, Road No. 12 Junction. The pr...
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Peru landslide: at least 2 dead, including a one-month-old infant
- Mar, 15, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Soil Mechanics Soil Dynamics
- Peru
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A major landslide struck a community in Peru’s north. Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of at least two people, including a one-month-old infant, as they continue to search for missing residen...
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Road safety improvement with the aid of smart geotechnical sensors
- Mar, 14, 2022
- Risk & Reliability Soil Structure Interaction Instrumentation Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Visualization Other Geotechnical News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Australia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Geotechnical sensors that will monitor the condition of Australia’s coastal roadways are developed by a new manufacturing research collaboration. The project, which has secured A$420,000 (£235,000)...
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Commercial Construction Projects: a short description of different types of retaining structures
- Mar, 08, 2022
- Retaining Walls Earth Retaining Structures News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Retaining wall systems are designed and manufactured to hold earth elements like rock and/or soil. In commercial settings that showcase grade changes, retaining wall structures help increase right of...
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Ampang, Malaysia landslide: two rescued, three feared buried alive
- Mar, 10, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News Slope Stabilization
- Malaysia, Ampang Jaya
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Three people are feared buried alive, while two more were rescued in a landslide incident in Taman Bukit Permai 2, Ampang in which 15 homes and 10 cars were affected. Selangor Fire and Rescue Depar...
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Compression Testing a Helical Pile in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions
- Mar, 11, 2022
- Pile Foundations Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Brazil
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A great benefit of helical piles is their ability to be proven with a load test in the field. Shawn Downey, from CHANCE Foundation Solutions, was once asked to complete a compression test on a helic...
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Novel methods for underground construction
- Mar, 02, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Jacked Tunnels Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Lateral thinking and technology transfer are set to revolutionise the construction of transportation and utilities tunnels, underpasses, car parks and other underground structures. Patrick Lane-Nott,...
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India, Chamarajanagar: at least three fatalities after landslide
- Mar, 04, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Underground Structures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India, Chamarajanagar
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Rescue operations at the White Stone quarry near Madahalli of Gundlupet taluk in Chamarajanagar district, where a landslide occurred on Friday, revealed three deaths. On Saturday, the body of Ha...
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KELLER Foundations for a liquid natural gas (LNG) tank in Utah
- Mar, 04, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Utah, Magna
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
It was a complex design with an incredibly tight schedule. But Keller pulled out all the stops to complete foundations for a liquid natural gas (LNG) tank in Utah, impressing the client and securing...
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Rocscience | ‘Open Secret’ Advantages of the Shear Strength Reduction Approach in Slope Stability Analysis
- Jan, 27, 2022
- Shear Strength Of Underground Materials Slope Stability Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Software News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
by Reginald Hammah, Ph.D. Introduction Seventeen years ago, in 2004, we wrote a RocNews article outlining our perspectives on the Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) technique of slope stability analysis....
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