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California is blowing up Oroville Dam’s spillway in order to replace it
- Jun, 08, 2017
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering
- Oroville Dam, Oroville, CA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The main spillway of Lake Oroville Dam, California, whose major damage in February 2017 threatened the region with flooding and forced 200,000 people to evacuate, is now being demolished. Damage ca...
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Pre-drilled Pier by Hubbell
- Jun, 08, 2017
- News On Products & Services Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Atlas Resistance® Pier by Hubbell is a manufactured, two-stage product designed specifically to produce structural support strength. Atlas Resistance® 2-Piece Predrilled Pier Systems by Hubble...
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Xishi Winter Olympics Square Project of Shougang Industrial Area Transformation
BIM processes help Shougang International Engineering undertake innovative site plan for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2022 Winter Olympic Organizing Committee contracted Beijing Shougang Internati...
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The fascinating geology of Myanmar’s Mergui Archipelago
- Jun, 04, 2017
- Geology Highlights Engineering Geology Engineering Geology Engineering Geology
- Mergui Archipelago
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
It's a hidden place of untamed beauty along Myanmar's southern coastline. Among the most compelling images of its tropical islands are sheer limestone cliffs rising, sometimes, hundreds of metres from...
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Elevated seawall to be built for New York flood resilience
- Jun, 01, 2017
- News On Projects / Industry Retaining Walls
- Staten Island, NY, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The 11.2km-long seawall, stretching from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, will protect communities from severe coastal flooding, while creating new wetland habitats and recreational amenities. The...
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Another successful project using Bentley software.
Answer Ingeniería reduced time and materials by 17% and 3.7%, respectively, using Bentley's RAM Elements to design the 21,000-square-meter Edificio Libertad Romero commercial complex in Santiago, Chil...
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Pile Dynamics, Inc. Celebrates 45 Years in the Deep Foundation Industry
- May, 31, 2017
- News On Products & Services Deep Foundations Pile Foundations
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
2017 marks the 45-year milestone for Pile Dynamics, Inc. PDI has experienced steady and continuous growth since the early days when Dr. George Goble, Dr. Frank Rausche and Garland Likins combined...
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New early warning system could have saved lives during the 2011 Japan tsunami
- May, 28, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Japan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Simulations assessing how the system would have responded to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake show that a tsunami alarm would have been raised in 7 minutes or less, thus might had saved many of the 22,000 k...
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Meet CHANCE® Combination (SS-RS) Helical Cast Transition by Hubbell
- May, 29, 2017
- News On Products & Services Shaft Foundations Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The type RS-SS combination transition is used mainly in compression applications in areas where soft/loose soils are located above hard/ dense soils. The transition section adapts typ...
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Massive landslide buries part of California highway (video)
- May, 24, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Mud Creek, Monterey County, CA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Part of the mountainside went off into the Pacific Ocean, covering up a big part of scenic Highway 1 in Big Sur area, California, on Saturday, May 20th. Aerial photos and video of the massive...
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