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New sprayed concrete lining guide reshapes soft-ground tunnelling standards after decades of lessons

The publication of a new best-practice design guide for sprayed concrete linings (SCL) in soft ground marks an important technical development for underground construction, consolidating lessons from...

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Active landslide threatens long-term connectivity in southern Bulgaria

One of Bulgaria’s most significant modern geotechnical failures has severed the main road between Pamporovo and Smolyan after a large landslide reactivated along a slope system first documented more t...

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Scripting Comes to RS3: Automate, Customize, and Accelerate Your 3D Modelling

Why Scripting Matters Geotechnical projects are more complex. Models are larger, construction sequences have more stages, and parametric studies must be rerun. Manually building and post-processing mo...

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Why historic clay embankments are increasingly vulnerable? The Gloucestershire’s railway landslip

A renewed embankment failure on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has highlighted how seasonal weather cycles can expose geotechnical vulnerabilities in legacy railway infrastructure. The...

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Deep beneath London: HS2 completes critical safety cross passages in Northolt tunnel

HS2 has reached a major underground construction milestone with the completion of all 34 cross passages linking the twin bores of the 8.4-mile Northolt Tunnel beneath west London. Running between West...

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Seven Frequently Asked Questions about Helical Piles

Helical piles are a proven deep foundation solution used across commercial, industrial, utility, and infrastructure applications. Despite their long history and widespread use, questions often arise r...

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From Conservative to Precise: Settlement Prediction in Layered Soils with Settle3, RS2, and RS3

In geotechnical design, settlement prediction is only as reliable as the stress distribution used to drive it. Long before consolidation theories, constitutive models, or serviceability criteria enter...

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Dubai approves $9.2bn fully underground gold line metro

Dubai has approved the development of the Gold Line metro, a major underground transport project valued at approximately $9.2bn. Extending 42 km with 18 stations, the line will be the emirate’s first...

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Fehmarnbelt tunnel advances with first element ready for immersion

The Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link has reached an important milestone with the completion of ballast filling in its first tunnel element. This is the first of 89 elements that will form the immersed tunnel li...

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San Diego airport expansion tackles groundwater, seismic risk and sustainability in $3.8bn upgrade

San Diego International Airport is undergoing a major $3.8bn transformation that combines complex geotechnical engineering with sustainability-focused design strategies, all within one of the most con...

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