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Devastating landslide hits Sierra Leone’s capital: Death toll rises to 500

The side of Mount Sugar Loaf in the Regent District of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, collapsed in the early hours of Monday, 14 August 2017, after a night of heavy rainfall, destroying dozens of h...

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3D Terrain Model Supports the City of Coatesville’s Brownfield Redevelopment Planning

CEDARVILLE Engineering Group (CEDARVILLE) was tasked to provide 3D design and conceptual planning services as part of the city of Coatesville’s “The Flats” brownfield redevelopment, a rugged, 30-acre...

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Earthquake on Italian holiday island leaves at least two people dead and 39 injured

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Italian holiday island of Ischia at 8:57 p.m. local time on Monday night. Up to now, two women have been reported dead, one of whom having been hit by falling masonr...

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Joint Technical Committee on Education - JTC3

JTC3 is a Joint Technical Committee on education and training of the Federation of International Geo-engineering Societies (FedIGS) repres.enting the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM), I...

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GeoWorld reached 7,000 registered members!

Geoengineer.org is pleased to announce that GeoWorld, the biggest online professional networking site for geotechnical engineers and associated fields, has now over 7,000 active members listed from th...

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Passing of Professor Peter Byrne

Professor Peter Byrne died peacefully Thursday, August 17, 2017. He had joined the Department in 1967 after completing his MASc in 1966, and he completed his PhD at UBC a short time later in 1969....

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Bentley invites you to "The Year in Infrastructure" Conference

The Year in Infrastructure by Bentley is globally recognized as the leading forum for identifying trends, sharing ideas, and adopting technologies to address the current priorities and opportunities i...

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Visit Hayward Baker at " DFI SSI: Stabilize, Support and Improve 2017 "

Come and visit Hayward Baker at DFI SSI: Stabilize, Support and Improve 2017 in Washington, DC, on August 28-30 2017. A 2‐day technical seminar on the effective application of deep foundations, gr...

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Announcing the Publication of the 2017 Geotechnical Business Directory

GeoWorld has just published its 2017 Geotechnical Business Directory. The directory is published with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This...

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Can satellites be used as an early warning system for landslides?

A joint team of researchers from Newcastle University (UK), Chengdu University of Technology, Tongji University, China Academy of Space Technology and Wuhan University (China) are working on the use o...

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