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Four Cars Swallowed by Sinkhole in Ruijin, China (video)

On May 22nd, a sinkhole appeared near a busy intersection in Ruijin, a city in the Jiangxi privince of southeast China. Four cars and a tree fell into the sinkhole. Luckily, the cars were unoccupied a...

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Two Small Earthquakes Hit Oban, Scotland in Same Week

Oban, Scotland has experienced a large amount of seismic activity lately. Last week, two small earthquakes were measured in the small town on the west cost of Scotland.  The first earthquake,...

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IOS Press: New Publications

Geoengineer.org is pleased to announce the latest IOS Press Publications. You may find below a list a new publications released in November 2015:  1. Deformation Characteristics of Geomateria...

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Potential Mosul Dam Failure Puts Millions at Risk

The Mosul Dam on the Tigris River in northern Iraq is the largest Dam in the country and provides power to nearly two million people. According to engineers, the dam is at serious risk of collapse and...

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Pile Dynamics: New Tomography Software for Cross Hole Sonic Logging - PDI-Tomo

Pile Dynamics has released the new PDI-Tomo software for analysis of Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) data. The program replaces an older tomography program, with significant advantages. Crosshole So...

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The May Issue of the Geoengineer.org Newsletter is out !

Geoengineer.org is excited to announce the May Issue#134 of its monthly Newsletter! This issue bring you with lots of more content! New additions have been made in our Events & Software Sectio...

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Landslide in Fujian, China leaves 35 dead and 1 missing

On May 8th, a landslide occurred at the site of a future hydropower plant in Taining county of the Fujian province in China; 41 workers were unaccounted for.     The landslide occurred...

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Hayward Baker: Announces Staff Promotions and New Hires in its Atlanta Office

Hayward Baker Inc., North America’s leader in geotechnical construction, announces that James Dickinson has joined the company as the Southern States Shoring Division Manager in its Atlanta office. I...

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Bentley Systems: Dr. Paul Scarponcini Receives 2016 InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards Merit Award

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that Paul Scarponcini, PE, Ph.D., Bentley senior information architect, ge...

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Shamsher Prakash Foundation: 2016 SP Lifetime Achievement Award

Shamsher Prakash Foundation is pleased to award Mr W.D. Liam Finn and Mr. Richard Woods for SP Lifetime Achievement . Dr. W. D. Liam Finn graduated from the National University of Ireland in 1954 w...

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