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Webuild-NGE joint venture awarded €1.38 billion Grand Paris Express Line 15 contract
- May, 30, 2024
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Other Energy Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry Other News
- France, Paris
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
It was announced on May 30 that a €1.38 billion contract for the construction of Grand Paris Express’ Lot 2 of the Western section of Line 15 was awarded to a joint venture between Webuild and NGE....
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€6 billion underwater tunnel could connect Spain and Morocco by 2030
- May, 31, 2024
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Strait of Gibraltar
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
It was recently reported that financial and strategic feasibility studies are currently underway for a very ambitious underwater tunneling project that would connect the European and African continen...
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Norway sued over the approval of deep-sea mining
- May, 23, 2024
- Mining Other Geotechnical Offshore Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Norway
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
It was announced on May 23 by the Norwegian branch of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) that they had filed a lawsuit at an Oslo court against Norway’s decision to approve deep-sea mining. Furthermor...
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California’s proposed water tunnel estimated to cost $20.1 billion
- May, 16, 2024
- Tunneling Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, California
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A new cost-benefit analysis regarding California’s Delta Conveyance Project was released on May 16, raising its expected cost to $20.1 billion from 2020’s $16 billion estimate. Furthermore, the Delt...
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"Geo-Trends Review" twenty-seventh issue is published!
GeoWorld, the biggest online platform for geotechnical engineers, is excited to announce the publication of the twenty-sixth issue of "Geo-Trends Review" magazine. The twenty-seventh issue was just d...
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Papua New Guinea landslide buries more than 2,000 people
- May, 24, 2024
- Landslides Slope Stability Forensics Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Papua New Guinea
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A devastating landslide took place in the early hours of Friday, May 24, in Papua New Guinea, leaving thousands of people missing. Furthermore, the landslide occurred around 3 a.m. local time in the...
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New Construction Certification Available for Chance® Helical Piles
- May, 22, 2024
- Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Products & Services
- United States, Missouri, Centralia
- Authored by: Sarah Banks
Chance Foundation Solutions manufactures a comprehensive product line of deep foundation products including helical piles, resistance piers, tieback anchors, adapters, pile caps, and installation too...
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Excavation of Virginia’s first-ever bored road tunnel completed
- Apr, 17, 2024
- Tunneling Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Virginia , Norfolk
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
It was recently announced that a tunnel boring machine (TBM) named Mary made its final beak through on April 17 for the first bored road tunnel in the history of the state of Virginia. Furthermore, t...
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GEO5 2024 - New update released!
- May, 17, 2024
- Earth Retaining Structures Slope Stability Analysis Settlements News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The new GEO5 update brings many improvements to all programs. Next Generation of Prefab Wall Simple generation of entire walls D visualization Complete list of used blocks Creation of cross...
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Carnian Pluvial Episode: That time when it rained for 1-2 million years
- May, 17, 2024
- Other Geotechnical Engineering Geology Geomorphology Geology Highlights Other News News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
The Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE) was an event on earth that took place at some point between 232 and 234 million years ago, when the earth’s climate changed radically. During that time, the earth’s...
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