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Keller sets standard on UAE rail project
- Mar, 19, 2021
- Ground Improvement News On Projects / Industry
- United Arab Emirates, Al Batha
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller is leading the way for ground-improvement works on the largest infrastructure project in the United Arab Emirates. A major new rail network that will create new connections among the nation’s...
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Bentley Systems Enters into ~ $1.05 Billion Agreement to Acquire Seequent, Owner of GeoStudio and Global Leader in 3D Modeling Software for the Geoscience
- Mar, 12, 2021
- Slope Stability Data Management Numerical & Constitutive Modeling News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with investors led by Accel-KKR to acquir...
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Solving the mystery of ancient rockslides in the Alps
- Feb, 16, 2021
- Landslides Structural Geology News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Alps
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The triggering factors of massive, pre-historic rockslides that occurred in the Alps have finally been revealed. Signs of ancient rockslides are evident in the European Alps as rock debris has accumu...
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Call for participation in a survey to assess the COVID-19 impact on geotechnical engineering industry
As we approach a year since the COVID-19 pandemic crisis broke out, we ask you to participate in the following survey to assess the pandemic’s impact on the geotechnical engineering industry. We woul...
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NorSand in RS2: An Advanced Constitutive Material Model
- Mar, 09, 2021
- Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Finite Element / Finite Difference Slope Stability News On Software
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
RS2 - 2D Finite Element Analysis Software Back in March of 2019, RS2, our 2D finite element program received a major upgrade with the addition of NorSand as a constitutive model. This implementation...
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Cliff collapse swept away a cemetery in Italy
- Mar, 22, 2021
- Landslides Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Italy, Camogli
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A landslide carried away a cemetery situated at the edge of a cliff in northern Italy. The incident occurred on February 22, 2021, in a coastal area near the Italian city of Genoa. The cemetery that...
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PLAXIS 2D/3D CONNECT Edition V21 introduced the Fluid model, a new User Defined Soil Model (UDSM)
- Mar, 08, 2021
- Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Products & Services Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Offshore Geotechnics Ports
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
This constitutive model has been specifically created to simulate the effects of free water on water-retaining structures and quay walls or any other situation involving fluid-structure interaction....
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Keller expands local presence in Montreal, Quebec
- Mar, 05, 2021
- Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller announced a new office in Montreal, Quebec, following an agreement to acquire the local TreviGroup assets. The acquisition furthers Keller’s commitment to the Quebec and Eastern Canadian marke...
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Helical piles solution for extending London Heathrow Airport's rail fuel terminal platform
- Mar, 05, 2021
- Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, Longford
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In order to extend the rail fuel terminal platform by 328 feet, which would allow for a two-fold increase in the amount of fuel that could be delivered by rail, solutions to overcome undesirable buil...
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PLAXIS CONNECT Edition V21 Upgrade Information
- Mar, 03, 2021
- Retaining Walls Shallow Foundations Deep Foundations Geothermal Geosynthetics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground Improvement Groundwater & Seepage Finite Element / Finite Difference Rock Engineering Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics Tunneling Underground Structures News On Products & Services Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Slope Stability Analysis
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
With the introduction of PLAXIS 2D/3D CONNECT Edition V21, Bentley Systems have made some changes to the licensing system to offer more streamlined access to their newest, most advanced capabilities....
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