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Video: Mine spill in British Columbia to release toxic silt to nearby lake
- Sep, 16, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Mining Aerial Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Mount Polley, British Columbia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A tailings pond at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in central B.C. failed last month and released millions of cubic meters of waste water, triggering a state of emergency for the local community...
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Tunnels as tall as the Eiffel Tower discovered under ice layer in Antarctica
Scientists have discovered tunnels beneath thick ice layers in Antarctica, which are comparable in height to the Eiffel Tower. Their discovery was made possible by radars, mounted on planes, as well a...
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Hayward Baker's ground improvement services in the Atlanta Stadium Project
- Sep, 15, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Ground Improvement
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Hayward Baker Inc., North America's leader in geotechnical construction, was recently awarded a contract for the New Atlanta Stadium project. The new stadium, expected to open in 2017, will be the At...
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Subsurface Asset Management: What Lies Beneath? New webinar series by Bentley!
Do you want to learn how to improve the management and reporting of your subsurface information? With Bentley's new webinar on gINT geotechnical software, you will learn how to integrate your pro...
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VertekCPT: capturing the basics from CPT test results!
- Sep, 11, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Knowing what Cone Penetration Testing is and the process of soil testing is only a small fraction compared to the actual interpretation of soil test results. Even though CPT rigs are equipped with aut...
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Bentley’s WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, and HAMMER V8i (SELECTseries 5)
Bentley Systems Incorporated has recently announced the immediate availability of its WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, and HAMMER V8i (SELECTseries 5) information modeling software for the analysis and design of...
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2014 Shamsher Prakash Prize for Excellence in Practice
- Sep, 11, 2014
- News On Awards Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory Testing Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
We are happy to announce that the 2014 Shamsher Prakash Prize for Excellence in Practice has been won by Tamara E. Hebeler of GeoSyntec Consultants. Ms. Hebeler is a senior enginee...
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Different tunneling methods applied in the SCL railway extension, Hong Kong
- Sep, 10, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Tunneling Railway Geotechnics
- Hong Kong
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Shatin to Central Link (SCL) is a major infrastructure investment currently under construction in Hong Kong and aims in connecting a number of existing railway lines passing through different district...
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Video: Man climbs down to an active volcano crater
- Sep, 09, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other Geotechnical
- Marum vanuatu
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
An explorer and adventurer along with a co-explorer and filmmaker dived into an active volcano's crater and filmed their adventure. Watch this breathtaking adventure of the two men in the video below!...
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MOSES V7.1 for Floating Offshore Structures released by Bentley
Bentley Systems Incorporated continues to be a leader in the provision of engineering comprehensive software for better-performing, safer, and more resilient infrastructure Bentley's newest software r...
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