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Emergency ground stabilisation protects rail works near Salford Central

Emergency ground stabilisation works have been completed near Salford Central Railway Station after significant water ingress threatened the stability of a disused tunnel beneath a new private rail li...

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Advanced mixshield TBM tackles chalk and flint beneath the Thames

Construction has begun on a major sub-river power tunnel beneath the River Thames as part of National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade, with a Herrenknecht Mixshield tunnel boring machine now driving a 2.2 k...

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Nepal’s Himalayan settlements face escalating flood and landslide threats

Extreme weather patterns and climate-related hazards are increasing flood and landslide risks across Nepal, particularly in the Himalayan districts of Karnali Province, where fragile mountain terrain,...

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Asbestos remains a deadly infrastructure risk across the UK

More than 25 years after asbestos was banned in the UK, the material remains one of the country’s most persistent public health and building safety risks. According to the Health and Safety Executive...

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Data-rich, insight-poor? It’s time to tame your geotechnical data chaos

In ground engineering, we have never generated more data. Advanced investigation techniques are creating datasets on an unprecedented scale. Yet, for all this information, a critical question remains:...

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Tailrace tunnel breakthrough advances Australia’s largest renewable project

Australia’s Snowy 2.0 pumped storage hydropower project has reached a major construction milestone after tunnel boring machine Lady Eileen Hudson completed excavation of the 6 km tailrace tunnel and b...

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A Legacy of Leadership, Mentorship & Service: Gary L. Seider P.E.

After nearly four decades of service to A.B. Chance (purchased by Hubbell in 1994), Gary L. Seider, P.E., is retiring from a career that helped shape not only a product line, but a lasting foundation...

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Alaska 2025's glacier retreat linked to one of the tallest tsunamis ever recorded

A massive landslide in Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord generated one of the highest tsunami run-ups ever documented, according to new scientific analysis. The event occurred on 10 August 2025, when more than...

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Mexico City’s sinking crisis mapped by next-generation satellite

Mexico City’s long-documented subsidence problem is receiving renewed attention after the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission mapped areas of the metropolitan region sinking by more tha...

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Brownfield success: Engineering excellence starts below ground

Why environmental and geotechnical teams must unite data and work as one to better manage risks in brownfield projects. In the world of infrastructure, the most significant risks often lie hidden belo...

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