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Moretrench Announces New Water Treatment Division Management
Moretrench, A Hayward Baker Company, announced the addition of Ed Carter as the new Groundwater Treatment Division Manager. Under Carter's leadership, Moretrench will continue to provide turn-key wat...
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Unprecedented cold weather may have triggered "Frost quakes" in Chicago
- Feb, 05, 2019
- Geology Highlights Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical Seismic
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Freezing cold in Chicago may have caused shaking related to cracking action in frozen ground. The polar vortex that has descended on the United States has provoked freezing temperatures in Chicago....
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Severe landslides and rockfalls in Peloponnese, Greece
Intense rainfalls have provoked severe landslides and rockfalls in south Peloponnese and particularly in the area of Mount Taygetos. Most of the landslide incidents occurred on 30 and 31 of January...
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Death toll rises to 110 in Brazilian dam collapse: Amazing footage of the failure caught on camera
- Feb, 04, 2019
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Dam Engineering Landslides
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to recent updates, about 110 people have been confirmed dead after a dam collapse in Brazil. The facility was located in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and owned by mining comp...
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Participate in Geoengineer.org Survey And Win Books
Dear members of Geoengineer.org newsletter, Geoengineer.org will celebrate 20 years next year. In these two decades, Geoengineer.org, that started as a hobby, has been warmly welcomed by the geotech...
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Is tunneling safe in Los Angeles?
- Feb, 01, 2019
- Other News Tunneling Risk & Reliability Ground Improvement
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Following Elon Musk's attempt to introduce underground transportation systems a question is raised. Is tunneling safe in Los Angeles? Musk founded a construction company (Boring Company)...
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Announcing the Western Geotechnical Centrifuge Opening & Symposium 2019
- Jan, 31, 2019
- News On Events Centrifuge Testing Other Geotechnical Centrifuge Testing Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
We are pleased to announce the Western Geotechnical Centrifuge Opening & Symposium 2019. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Western University (London, Ontario, Canad...
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65,198 paper downloads in 2018 for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories!
The ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is proud to announce that 65,198 papers were downloaded in 2018 (https://www.geocasehistoriesjournal.org). The International Journal...
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Fatal dam collapse in Brazil
- Jan, 28, 2019
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Dam Engineering Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Mining
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A disastrous dam collapse in Brazil has resulted in, at least, 7 fatalities and more than 200 people missing. The incident occurred on Friday, 25 of January, 2019. The 86-meter dam was located in t...
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Avalanches in Greece
Despite Greece is known as the land of sun and sea, the hazard of avalanches should not be underestimated. Avalanches are responsible for over 150 fatalities worldwide annually. The least harmful a...
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