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GKM Consultants to rebrand as GEO-Instruments
- Aug, 22, 2025
- Instrumentation News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller North America (Keller) announces that Canadian-based instrumentation and monitoring company, GKM Consultants, will rebrand to GEO-Instruments, effective September 2, 2025. GKM Consultants is k...
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Second Ontario Line Tunnel Shaft Marks Key Milestone in Toronto Transit Expansion
- Aug, 15, 2025
- Tunneling Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Canada
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Ontario government has officially broken ground on the second tunnel launch shaft for the Ontario Line near the future Gerrard Station. This shaft will serve as the northern starting point for tu...
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Sydney Metro West Marks Tunnelling Milestone at Parramatta Station
- Jul, 28, 2025
- Tunneling Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Australia, Parramatta
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Sydney Metro West project reached a major tunnelling milestone with the arrival of tunnel-boring machine (TBM) Dorothy at the Parramatta station box. After a 17-month journey through solid sandst...
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Kansai International Airport: Engineering Ambition Meets Geotechnical Clayey Reality
- Jul, 18, 2025
- Settlements Soil Structure Interaction Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Japan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Kansai International Airport (KIX), one of Asia’s busiest aviation hubs, was constructed entirely on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. Opened in 1994, the airport spans over 2,600 acres across two m...
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Five-Storey Building Fails Amidst Road Construction in Himachal
- Jun, 30, 2025
- Foundation Design / Construction Slope Stability Road Embankments News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Shimla
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A five-storey building in Shimla's Bhattakufar area collapsed on June 30, 2025, following a prolonged period of heavy rainfall. The incident occurred on the road leading to Chamiyana Super Specialty...
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Chance Introduces New Universal Adapter for Tieback Applications
- Jun, 05, 2025
- Foundation Design / Construction Stabilization Slope Stabilization News On Products & Services
- United States, Missouri, Centralia
- Authored by: Sarah Banks
The Universal Adapter is designed to lower cost and increase safety in tieback and seawall applications. The Adapter connects a square shaft helical anchor to any 1-inch diameter threaded bar. This...
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Products added to ICC-ES Report ESR-2794
- Jun, 10, 2025
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Publications
- United States, Missouri, Centralia
- Authored by: Sarah Banks
ICC-ES has published the revised ESR-2794 building code evaluation report which now includes non-galvanized Chance SS5 and SS175 helical pile products, including repair brackets and new construction...
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Introducing RSInsight: Redefining Geotechnical Support With Artificial Intelligence
- Jun, 17, 2025
- Deep Excavations Foundation Design / Construction Slope Stability Dam Engineering Data Management Tunneling Other News
- Canada, Toronto
- Authored by: Patty Ni
Imagine getting detailed information about Rocscience software in seconds. Introducing RSInsight, our groundbreaking AI-powered platform that provides geotechnical engineers with lightning-fast, effi...
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Drilled Shafts Project on Gilbert Road Bridge
- May, 16, 2025
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Arizona , Phoenix
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In response to significant flooding events and working under an accelerated construction schedule in record-high temperatures, Keller constructs some of the largest drilled shafts in Arizona. Diverte...
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PLAXIS 2024.3 New Release is Out!
- May, 15, 2025
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Data Management Slope Stability News On Software Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The latest PLAXIS release has been updated to include design approaches for PLAXIS 3D. Users can now design in accordance with Eurocode or other methods that utilize partial factors within the 3D des...
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