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Webinar on Online Geotechnical Instruction in the time of COVID. Recording available
A panelist of six geotechnical engineering Faculty discussed their experience with teaching remotely during COVID times. The panel, organized by the Soil Properties and Modeling Technical Committee o...
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Hubbell utilizes helical piles for a project requiring lateral load capacity
- Jul, 24, 2020
- Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Texas, Carrollton
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Hubbell used helical piles for the installation of new ballistic barriers in the Dallas Pistol Club, Texas. Helical piles are typically associated with gravity load - force pushing down on the pile a...
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Keller implements ground freezing technique in New York's major tunnel project
- Jul, 28, 2020
- Ground Freezing News On Projects / Industry
- United States, New York
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller applied ground freezing in the largest infrastructure project ever conducted in Suffolk County, New York. Keller is one of the few companies in North America to offer ground freezing technique...
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Earthquakes triggered by landslides
- Jul, 02, 2020
- Landslides Seismic Slope Stability Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Research / Academia
- Taiwan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
It is widely known that earthquakes can trigger disastrous landslides but, what about the opposite? Can landslides trigger earthquakes? Earthquakes are triggering factors that can activate slope inst...
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Earth and Moon struck by asteroid shower 800 million years ago
According to a new study, a vast meteoroid bombardment struck the Earth and the Moon about 800 million years ago. The research was conducted from Japanese scientists in a collaboration between Osaka...
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Massive earthquake hits Alaska: Tsunami warning issued
- Jul, 22, 2020
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Alaska
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A massive M 7.8 earthquake that hit off the coast of Alaska, forced authorities to issue a tsunami warning. The seismic shock occurred on July 22, 2020, at 10:12 p.m. local time. Its magnitude was M...
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Bentley accomplishes a challenging geotechnical project in Stuttgart
- Jul, 28, 2020
- Deep Excavations Finite Element / Finite Difference Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Germany, Stuttgart
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley utilized PLAXIS 3D to accomplish a challenging geotechnical project in Stuttgart, Germany. A new, 14-floor building is being constructed above two fully operational underground tunnels in Stu...
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How will rivers respond to environmental alterations
- Jul, 13, 2020
- Erosion Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists investigate the response of the rivers across the globe when it comes to the changing environmental conditions. Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the U...
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China devastated by extreme rainfalls: Dam destroyed to alleviate flooding
- Jul, 19, 2020
- Dam Engineering Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- China
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
China decided to demolish a dam in order to reduce the upstream flooding and prevent further distractions as the country is devastated by extreme rainfalls. China has been struck by a series of persi...
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M 7.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea: Tsunami warn issued
- Jul, 17, 2020
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Papua New Guinea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A strong earthquake (M 7.0) struck Papua New Guinea and authorities immediately issued an alert about a potential tsunami. The seismic event occurred on July 17, 2020 at 12:50 pm local time. The epic...
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