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Cambodia’s brand new Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport opens
- Oct, 16, 2023
- Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Cambodia, Krong Siem Reap
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport is Cambodia’s biggest and newest airport after its first phase opened on October the 16th. The airport is located in the country’s northwest Siem Reap province...
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The leaning tower of Bologna closes amid settlement concerns
- Oct, 26, 2023
- Settlements Instrumentation Foundation Design / Construction Stabilization Grouting Ground Improvement Other Geotechnical
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Bologna’s leaning 48-meter tall Garisenda Tower was closed during the weekend, after worrying movement was monitored by scientists of the University of Bologna. The Garisenda tower is part of the ci...
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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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Sydney Opera House turns 50 and here are 7 visualized rejected proposals
- Oct, 20, 2023
- General Construction General Civil Other Structural Other Geotechnical Construction Management Structural Design Visualization News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Australia, Sydney
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The iconic Sydney Opera House was inaugurated exactly 50 years ago, on October 20, 1973, by Queen Elizabeth II, and here are presented 7 visualized proposals that were rejected during the internation...
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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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Prof. J. G. Zornberg’s lecture “Geosynthetic Applications in Railways and Roadways” available on YouTube
- Oct, 16, 2023
- Geosynthetics Geosynthetics For Flow Geosynthetics For Reinforcement Geosynthetics For Containment Other Geotechnical
- Greece
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Prof. J. G. Zornberg, from the University of Texas at Austin, gave his lecture “Geosynthetic Applications in Railways and Roadways” on the 5th of October in Athens, Greece, during the 9th Panhellenic...
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Second 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits western Afghanistan within a week
- Oct, 11, 2023
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seismic Other Geotechnical Landslides
- Afghanistan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A new 6.3 magnitude earthquake this morning came to hit the same region in Afghanistan as the one that suffered widespread destruction on Saturday. Furthermore, the 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Satur...
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Burst dam causes flooding and landslides in Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé
- Oct, 10, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Risk & Reliability Dam Engineering Other Geotechnical
- Cameroon
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A colonial-era dam near Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, gave way due to torrential rain at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, sending a destructive wave of water down the city. Furthermore, the w...
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Announcing the Publication of the 2023 Geotechnical Business Directory
GeoWorld has just published its 2023 Geotechnical Business Directory. The directory is published with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This i...
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