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Collaborative Effort Explores Algae for Lower-Carbon Road Construction
- May, 13, 2024
- Sustainable Development Transportation Geotechnics General Construction News On Research / Academia News On Products & Services Pavement Transportation Engineering General Civil
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In the quest to mitigate the environmental impact of construction, a unique collaboration spearheaded by carbon removal company CO2CO Ltd is setting the stage for a revolution in road construction....
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First potentially carbon-neutral asphalt replacement successfully trialed in Lancashire
- Jan, 22, 2024
- Transportation Engineering Transportation Geotechnics Pavement General Civil General Construction Material Reuse Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Aggregate Industries recently partnered with the Lancashire County Council and trialed a new carbon-neutral asphalt replacement solution on Lancashire’s M65 slip road. Furthermore, the milestone eve...
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Landslide disrupts Metro-North and Amtrak rail services in Westchester County of New York
- Oct, 24, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A landslide took place in Westchester County, New York, early on Saturday, October 21st, and caused disruptions to Metro-North and Amtrack rail services over the weekend, blocking four nearby tracks....
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Coal train hits landslide in New Zealand and gets partially derailed
- Oct, 20, 2023
- Landslides Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics
- New Zealand
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A coal train got partially derailed after it hit a landslide in New Zealand’s Buller Gorge during the early hours of Monday, the 16th of October. Buller Gorge is located in the northern part of Sout...
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Broadway Subway Project’s TBM breaks through Oak-VGH Station in Vancouver, Canada
- Oct, 17, 2023
- Tunneling Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The first of the two tunnel-boring machines (TBM) digging through the Broadway Subway Project broke through the Oak-VGH Station in Vancouver on October 12, 2023. The news came on Friday, as the Gove...
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Drilling for Stuttgart 21 project’s 56km tunnels marks completion
- Sep, 29, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Germany
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A significant milestone was reached in the Stuttgart 21 project with the final tunneling breakthrough taking place in the city’s airport tunnel on September the 14th. Furthermore, the Stuttgart 21 p...
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European Union announces €7 billion sustainable transport funding
- Sep, 26, 2023
- Transportation Engineering Transportation Geotechnics General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Europe
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The European Commission announced on September 26 the launch of a €7 billion funding program for the development of sustainable key transport infrastructure, under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF...
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Drilling for the 5.63-kilometer-long Učka Tunnel in Croatia has been completed
- Sep, 22, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Underground Structures
- Croatia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
It was announced that drilling for the new 5.63-kilometer-long Učka Tunnel in Croatia has been completed on Monday, September 18. The new Učka Tunnel will be the second road tunnel under the Učka mou...
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Record-breaking precipitation in Greece causes widespread damage to housing and infrastructure
- Sep, 07, 2023
- Other Geotechnical Landslides Slope Stability Transportation Geotechnics Erosion Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Greece
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Record-breaking precipitation, locally reaching up to 754 mm in a single day, wreaked havoc in Greece and caused widespread damage to housing and infrastructure, starting Monday, September 4. Storm...
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World’s longest railway tunnel will remain closed for months after derailment
- Aug, 21, 2023
- Tunneling Railway Geotechnics Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics
- Switzerland
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Europe’s Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel, is going to remain closed to passenger trains for several months after it sustained damage from a derailment on August 1...
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