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Mine collapse in Indonesia kills 18 people
A potentially illegal gold mine collapsed in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, killing at least 18 people. Locals in the area cannot securely estimate how many people were trapped underground...
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The politics of offshore construction in the South China sea
- Oct, 06, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Offshore Geotechnics Foundation Design / Construction
- South China Sea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A special report by BBC describes the territorial fight in the South China Sea between the neighboring countries of China, Vietnam and Philippines. The latest move from China's part is the c...
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Student plans of launching an earthquake predicting satellite by 2015
- Oct, 01, 2014
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance Satellite-Based
- Chennai, India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Attempts for an earthquake early warning system are getting more and more frequent, however measuring earthquake before they occur still is a difficult task. A satellite project in Chennai may si...
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Video: TBM breaks through in Auckland's Waterview Connection Project
- Sep, 30, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Tunneling
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Alice, the Tunnel Boring Machine that has been digging underneath Auckland's western suburbs for 10 months has finally broken into daylight! This is New Zealand's longest road tunnel that will be conn...
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Zetas: transforming risks into innovative and safe solutions
- Sep, 29, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Risk & Reliability Ground Improvement
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others" is the leading moto of Zetas, the leading foundation engineering company in a region, covering Turkey, the Middle East, Gulf countries an...
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Geological Survey of India towards developing a landslide Early Warning System
Destruction pictures like this could be avoided in the near future and casualties could be reduced or even eliminated with a new promising technology currently under development. A new project launche...
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Costa Rica's 70 most destructive earthquakes at a glance!
- Sep, 22, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Costa Rica
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Being along the Pacific "Ring of Fire", Costa Rica has been often hit by destructive earthquakes causing extensive damages and many casualties. The country's National Seismological Network (RSN) has b...
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Water contamination attributed to gas leaks from faulty wells
- Sep, 19, 2014
- News On Research / Academia Oil & Gas
- Ohio State University
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A recent study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences points out that drinking-water wells' contamination by natural gas, provided it is not naturally occurring, is attribut...
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Meet the Pile Driving Analyzer® model 8G from PDI, related webinar coming up!
- Sep, 18, 2014
- News On Products & Services Pile Foundations Instrumentation
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Pile Dynamics Inc., happily announces the release of a totally redesigned Pile Driving Analyzer system! The PDA-8G has sophisticated looks and an advanced software coming with it! Read on to discover...
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I-70 twin tunnels to be lined with concrete
- Sep, 17, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Tunneling
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Colorado Department of Trasportation is going to line the I-70 twin tunnels, near Idaho Springs with concrete to enhance the tunnels' strength and longevity. Watch the video below explaining...
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