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Crossrail: The biggest construction project in Europe finds 14th Century Burial Ground

Crossrail is arguably the biggest ongoing construction project in Europe. Its cost is budgeted at £14.8 billion, and involves construction of a 118 kilometre rail line and 42km of underground lines. I...

Opening the classroom to the geo-profession: Web-based class projects on Geoenvironmental Remediation prepared by University of Michigan students are available for everybody to review!

Students from the University of Michigan who are taking this semester the graduate level course CEE 549 on “Geoenvironmental Engineering” have prepared their class projects on “Geoenvironmental Remedi...

ASCE releases 2013 report card on US infrastructure

The estimated investment need by 2020 is $3.6 trillion! The scores are as follows: Overall GPA is D+ Dams and drinking water: D Levees: D- Ports: C Roads: D Solid Waste: B-   Detaile...

Cost to build levee project in Louisiana increases from $887 million to $12.9 billion

A recent report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers re-evaluates the cost of construction of the 98-mile Morganza to the Gulf levee project in Terrebonne Parish to$12.9 billion according to the Advoca...

Next Generation Geosynthetic? Inflatable balloons that seal off tunnel portals and protect them from flooding

The New York Times have a nice article about the potential of using inflatable balloons to seal of tunnel portals and protect them from flooding. Of course the challenge is the amount of water pressur...

Hayward Baker performed important pre-construction soil stabilization as part of the project "Marco Island Executive Airport Parallel Taxiway and Northwest Apron Expansion"

The Florida Department of Transportation has named the Marco Island Executive Airport Parallel Taxiway and Northwest Apron Expansion Project the winner of the 2012 General Aviation Airport Project of...

Bentley Helps Sustain Nuclear Engineering Professions by Granting Bentley Institute’s Academic Subscription to KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School

Subscription Gives Students and Faculty Access to Commercial-grade Software for the Design, Engineering, Construction, and Operation of Infrastructure, Including Nuclear Power Plants. Read more......

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