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Under construction subway creates large sinkhole in Chinese city of Chengdu
- Jun, 21, 2024
- Tunneling Groundwater & Seepage Erosion Underground Structures Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- China, Chengdu
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A large sinkhole appeared on a road in the city of Chengdu, China, on the morning of Friday, June 21, due to an under-construction subway site collapse. The Chengdu Rail Transit Group released a rel...
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Flooding leaves Minnesota dam in imminent failure condition after abutment partially fails
- Jun, 24, 2024
- Dam Engineering Levees Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Minnesota, Mankato
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Southern Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam, located in the Blue Earth River near the town of Mankato, is in imminent failure condition due to flooding, according to Blue Earth County officials. Furthermore, t...
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Rock Your Underground Construction With PLAXIS
- Jun, 24, 2024
- Tunneling Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Tunneling In Rock News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Underground construction is a complex endeavour. Leveraging rock masses as engineering materials requires overcoming many challenges. Any work needs to be carried out from within a heterogeneous,...
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Landslide caused by heavy rain leaves several victims in Ecuador
- Jun, 16, 2024
- Landslides Slope Stability Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Ecuador, Banos
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A very large landslide took place in central Ecuador on Sunday, the 16th of June, following days of heavy rainfall. Furthermore, the event took place near the city of Banos, roughly 135 kilometers so...
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Crane Valley Dam dewatering system design project
- Jun, 19, 2024
- Groundwater & Seepage News On Projects / Industry
- United States, California , Bass Lake
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller North America worked closely with the geotechnical engineer to design a dewatering system capable of maintaining drawdown a minimum of 3 ft below the excavation subgrade in low-permeability so...
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PLAXIS 3D – Traditional Tunnelling Method: Application Of MTM
This article aims, firstly, to enhance the current design approaches, via a new 2D approach based on a calibration with a 3D SSI model; secondly, to contribute for a more informed design when a 3D mo...
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Snowy 2.0 tunnel boring machine remains stuck after a month
- Jun, 12, 2024
- Tunneling Green Infrastructure Other Geotechnical Other News News On Projects / Industry
- Australia
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Snowy Hydro released an update regarding the state of its 2,000-ton, 134m-long tunnel boring machine (TMB), which has been stuck in hard rock for a month. Furthermore, it was originally announced on...
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Underpinning and support of the excavation (SOE) system project
- Jun, 16, 2024
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Utah, Salt Lake City
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller North America designs and constructs the underpinning and support of the excavation (SOE) system for a new downtown Salt Lake City apartment complex. Construction of a new seven-story apartmen...
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Science meets gaming: Seequent launches free web app to help combat global shortage of earth scientists
- Jun, 14, 2024
- Engineering Geology News On Research / Academia News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Global software company engages leading game development studio in a bid to revolutionise earth science education. CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, June 5, 2024 – Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company,...
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$7.85 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline completed and given green light to go into service
- Jun, 10, 2024
- Transportation Geotechnics Underground Structures Other Energy Other Geotechnical Oil & Gas News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, West Virginia
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday, June 10, announcing the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. The same letter r...
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