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Landslide in Sudan’s Marra Mountains Levels Village and Claims Hundreds of Lives
- Aug, 31, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability Structural Geology News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Sudan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On August 31, 2025, a massive landslide struck the village of Tarseen in Sudan’s Marra Mountains, western Darfur. Triggered by days of heavy rainfall, the slide buried nearly the entire settlement. L...
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Maintaining Load During a Helical Pile Compression or Tension Test
- Sep, 08, 2025
- Foundation Design / Construction News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Performing a load test is the best way to confirm pile capacity. It confirms if the pile has the capacity required to support the load applied. During most tests, the load is increased in time interv...
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Quick Clay Failure on Norway’s E6 at Levanger
- Aug, 30, 2025
- Landslides Settlements Slope Stability Slope Stabilization News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geology Highlights
- Norway
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On August 30, 2025, a suspected quick clay landslide severed Norway’s main north–south corridor near Nesvatnet, Levanger, collapsing both lanes of the E6, an older parallel road, and a section of the...
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Afghanistan Earthquake Kills Over 1,400: Impact of Terrain and Construction
- Aug, 31, 2025
- Seismic Engineering Seismology Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Afghanistan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A major magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, August 31, resulting in an official death toll of over 1,400 individuals, with more than 13,000 others injured. The seismic even...
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Introducing RSSeismic: Rocscience Enters Earthquake Engineering with the Power of DEEPSOIL
- Sep, 03, 2025
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Software Soil Dynamics
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Rocscience Inc. is excited to introduce RSSeismic, a dedicated software platform for modelling and analysing the impact of earthquakes on geotechnical infrastructure. Emerging from decades of pioneer...
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Applications for the 2026 Kim de Rubertis Student Scholarship Awards are NOW OPEN!
- Sep, 03, 2025
- Dam Engineering Levees Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
To foster career paths for young professionals, the USSD Scholarship Award program looks to award undergraduate and graduate students in the field of dams, levees, and water resources; and provide op...
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Simplified Wall Stabilization with Helical Tieback Anchors
- Sep, 02, 2025
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction Ground Improvement Soil Mechanics
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Chance helical tieback anchors provide lateral support in soil retention applications including both permanent and temporary sheet pile walls, marine bulkheads, concrete reinforced walls, precast con...
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Transforming Waste into High-Value Biomaterials: The ABEL Project
- Jul, 01, 2025
- Geoenvironmental Engineering Green Infrastructure Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry
- Netherlands
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In the Netherlands, a new research consortium is pioneering technologies to convert low-grade organic waste into durable, reusable biomaterials. The initiative, called ABEL (Ab-initio Biowaste Loop),...
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Fehmarn Belt Tunnel: World’s Longest Immersed Tunnel Faces Delays
- Aug, 22, 2025
- Tunneling Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry
- Germany, Fehmarn
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Fehmarn Belt Tunnel, designed to connect Rødbyhavn in Denmark with Fehmarn in Germany, is one of Europe’s most ambitious infrastructure projects. Spanning 18 kilometers beneath the Baltic Sea, it...
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Jammu Landslide Claims 35 Lives Amid Flooding Crisis
- Aug, 27, 2025
- Landslides Groundwater & Seepage Geomorphology News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Jammu
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A major landslide struck the pilgrimage route to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, following several days of relentless rainfall. The collapse occurred near Inderpra...
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