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Extensive tunnel network accidentally discovered in Cappadocia, Turkey

Accidentally discovered during the construction of a housing project, an extensive network of tunnels in the area of Cappadocia, Turkey, known for its underground cities, is being explored and its siz...

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Earthquake history of Istanbul hidden in seabed soil samples

Although earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) have been very frequent and devastating to the city of Istanbul, recurrence rate has been difficult to evaluate as faults are located offshor...

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Web-Based Class Projects on Rock Mechanics by University of Michigan Students available now for everybody to review!

Students from the University of Michigan who are taking this semester the graduate level course CEE 544 on “Rock Mechanics” have prepared their class projects online. Instead of having students pre...

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2015 Geotechnical Business Directory on the works! Expected to have 500+ companies and 5000+ professionals

Geoengineer.org announced on Wednesday that it is working on the first geotechnical business directory! The directory is powered by GeoWorld the networking platform for geotechnical professionals...

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Sacramento River: total make over of the levee system

Having a time frame of ten years, an extensive levee improvement project is about to hit the ground in Sacramento, with a focus on the Sacramento River south of downtown. The $1.5 billion project come...

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[Video]: Watch Measurand's Tutorial Video on Viewing and Converting SAA Data

In this video, provided by Measurand, you will learn how to view and convert SAA Data using SAA Recorder! Measurand brings to you Tutorial Video series on how to use SAA Recorder and find detailed st...

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Hayward Baker: Eagle Mountain Spillway Project Wins ASDSO Rehabilitation Project of the Year

Hayward Baker Inc. commends Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), the 2014 recipient of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) National Rehabilitation Project of the Year Award. T...

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Rehabilitation of Dover Dam complete!

The Dover Dam rehabilitation project was marked complete by local and federal agencies. The $60 million project aimed in increasing the dam safety and stabilizing the aging flood-control structure. Du...

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Vertek's latest news on the use of CPTu test results!

Apart from correcting and adjusting soil behavior type characterizations, pore pressure data can be used in a variety of ways, with the most important being the ability to estimate the groundwater con...

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National Survey: 17% of Indonesians live in landslide prone areas

According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), 17% of Indonesia's population, this being translated to nearly 41 million people, live in areas susceptible to landslides. With landslide m...

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