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GeoWorld, with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), is excited to prepare the publication of the 2023 Geotechnical Business Directory, th...
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Project Erebus: Wales’ first floating windfarm grants consent
- Mar, 13, 2023
- Wind Engineering Other Structural Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure Other Geotechnical Energy Engineering General Civil General Construction Hydraulic Engineering News On Projects / Industry Other News News On Products & Services
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The first floating windfarm in Wales was granted consent from the Welsh government on March 13. Project Erebus will be located 40km offshore Pembrokeshire in West Wales and will initially consist...
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Contract for subway station and tunnel in Oslo awarded to Implenia
- Mar, 22, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Visualization Underground Structures
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The contract for the K2D Skøyen to Vækerø project was awarded on the 16th of March. K2D Skøyen to Vækerø is part of the new Fornebu subway line in Oslo, which will have a total length of 8.2km....
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ADONIS: A Free Finite Element Software for Geo-Engineers
- Mar, 21, 2023
- General Finite Element Programs Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Tunneling Other Geotechnical Mining Soil Mechanics Visualization General Civil General Civil General Civil
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
ADONIS is a Free Finite Element Software for Geo-Engineers. It is an easy-to-use tool for modelling and computational simulation of geotechnical problems, including linear and nonlinear analysis me...
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Mont Blanc Tunnel to be closed for 3 months due to maintenance and renovation work
- Mar, 20, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Other Structural Other Geotechnical General Civil Transportation Engineering Transportation Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Mont Blanc
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Mont Blanc Tunnel is scheduled to be closed for about 3 months, from September 4 until December 18 ,2023, due to maintenance and renovation work. The same period of closure is also scheduled for...
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Second sinkhole opens behind condo complex in La Habra, California
- Mar, 21, 2023
- Erosion Underground Structures Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A second sinkhole appeared at the Coyote Village Condos in La Habra, California, right next to one formed in January 2019. Furthermore, the sinkhole appeared around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, fo...
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Cliff collapse creates large wave in Van Duzen River, California
- Mar, 20, 2023
- Slope Stability Rock Mechanics Other Geotechnical Erosion
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A cliff collapse, which took place on the 14th of March on the Van Duzen River, California was caught on video. Furthermore, what can be seen in the video is a cliff failure right over the river, th...
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Pool hanging off cliff after mudslide in California, U.S.A
- Mar, 17, 2023
- Landslides Other Geotechnical Slope Stability
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Yet another atmospheric river hit the state of California this week, the eleventh one this storm season. Extra flooding and mudslides came to be added to the ones reported in the state last week. Fu...
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Classroom swallowed by sinkhole in Zimbabwe
- Mar, 16, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils General Civil Other Geotechnical Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Zimbabwe, Kwekwe
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A sinkhole appeared under a primary school classroom in the city of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe on Thursday, March 16. The sinkhole was attributed, by the ZimLive news outlet of Zimbabwe, to illegal mining act...
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Floods in two earthquake-hit provinces in Turkey
- Mar, 15, 2023
- Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Turkey, Şanlıurfa
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Large scale flooding occurred in two Turkish provinces, just over 5 weeks after the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country. More specifically, the provinces of Adiyaman and Sanliurfa were flo...
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