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Video: Aerial view of Mount Polley mining pond failure; official report released!

A few months after the extensive destruction at Mount Polley copper and gold mine, the independent panel, responsible for investigating the causes for the release of millions of cubic meters of sludge...

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Simple Slope is a new application for Engineers that calculates Slope Stability simple and fast on your mobile device developed by Terrasolum. Would you like to work with Geotechnical Professionals...

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Secant or Tangent Piles Video by Hayward Baker

Hayward Baker shared a video on their Youtube channel to explain the installation procedure of Secant or Tangent Piles. Secant or tangent piles are columns constructed adjacent (tangent) or over...

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Hong Kong government organises Day Camp to increase awareness on slope safety

An educational initiative aiming in introducing secondary school students to the duties of geotechnical engineers was undertaken by the Hong Kong government early July. The Day Camp included a series...

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Video: Luxury house burned down before entirely collapsing into Lake Whitney, Texas

A luxury cliff-side home hanging over Lake Whitney, Texas, was deliberately burned down on Friday to speed up its final collapse due to the gradually subsiding ground. City officials decided to burn t...

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A mobile application for geologic hazards?

With 55% of its terrain located on areas prone to landslides, the Geotechnical Engineering Office of Taipei City Government, launched a mobile application providing its 2.7 million citizens acces...

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Huge granite stone balances on a slope (video)

Krishna's Butter Ball, a granite glacial erratic stone, about five meters in diameter, is balancing on a slope at an angle of 45 degrees. This huge stone is located in Mahabalipuram, a town ab...

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Amazing video shows a bluff slope failure

The cliff is located near a narrow beach, along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, so large waves from the sea reach the slope often and weaken the bluff. The top of the cliff consists of glacial drift-se...

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Paper documents failure at Payatas landfill in the Philippines that killed 330

A paper published by Jafari, Prof. Tim Stark and Prof. Scott Merry describes the conditions under which the ~30 m failure took place. The paper is part of Vol. 2 Issue 3 of the International Journal o...

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Strength Reduction Analysis with DIANA

The analysis of slope stability problems in geotechnical engineering is of paramount importance. It is often needed to predict the degree of safety associated with the slope and the tentative failure...

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