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Investigation works underway for the Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project

Investigation works have started for Queensland’s Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project. The proposed Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project is a publicly owned energy storage facility with a capacit...

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UK’s first deep geothermal energy plant in 37 years begins operations

Eden project’s deep geothermal heating plant, located in Cornwall, began operations on Monday, June 19. The plant consists of a single well, constructed from May to October 2021, and drilled by mea...

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NorSand constitutive material model explained and visualized through animations

NorSand is an advanced constitutive material model utilizing Critical State Soil Mechanics (CSSM), a concept also used in the Modified Cam Clay model. Srinivas Vivek Bokkisa and Jorge Macedo from Ge...

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China has started digging an 11,100-meter deep borehole

China started digging an 11,100-meter-deep borehole late in May. Furthermore, the borehole is located in China’s largest desert, the Taklimakan Desert, and drilling started on May 30. The project a...

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Copenhagen’s new M5 metro aims to have half the carbon footprint of existing lines

A Cowi-Arup joint venture has been appointed to deliver the design, environmental impact assessment and utility relocations of Copenhagen’s new M5 line, by the city’s metro operator, Metroselskabet....

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Peak of Austrian Fluchthorn mountain collapses in huge rockslide

The peak of mountain Fluchthorn in Tyrol, Austria, was caught on video collapsing in a huge rockslide on Sunday, June 11. Furthermore, helicopters were dispatched after the event to assess the situa...

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Mount Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii live streamed by the USGS

Mount Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, erupted on Wednesday, June 7. Furthermore, the eruption started at 4:44 a.m. local time and by the afternoon of the sa...

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How can Geostructural Engineers benefit from RSPile?

RSPile has come a long way since its inception as a simple program called "Driven." Today, it stands as a sophisticated pile analysis software specifically designed to cater to the needs of pile desi...

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Landslide hits workers’ dormitory in China’s Sichuan province

A landslide occurred in the Yongsheng township of the Sichuan province in China, in the early morning hours of June 4. A worker’s dormitory was hit in the event and resulted in 19 fatalities, all of...

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Golf course in Utah reopens after sinkhole forms in it

A sinkhole forming at Fox Hollow Golf Club, in American Fork, Utah went viral on TikTok on May 21st. Jaxson Taylor, the club’s head golf professional, stated that the sinkhole started appearing arou...

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