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Flash floods and landslides leave more than 300 roads closed in Himachal Pradesh, India
- Jun, 30, 2023
- Landslides Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Heavy rain caused flash floods and landslides in the Himachal Pradesh state of India, on Sunday, June 25. 301 roads remained closed due to the events, including the Chandigarh-Manali highway and its...
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Investigation works underway for the Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project
- Jun, 28, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Earth / Rockfill Dams Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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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200 new geotechnical investigation and design software added to DCOdes
- Jun, 28, 2023
- Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Data Management Foundation Design / Construction Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Two hundred new software regarding geotechnical design and investigation, many of which are available for free, have been added to DCOdes. They include solutions for data management, site and labor...
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UK’s most suitable geothermal areas strongly overlap with areas in need of investment, study finds
- Jun, 07, 2023
- Geothermal Geo-Energy Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development Other Geotechnical Energy Engineering General Construction General Civil Energy Geotechnics News On Research / Academia Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A study conducted by Durham University and commissioned by Kieran Mullan, Member of Parliament (MP), identified the 45 most suitable sites for deep geothermal development. Furthermore, the same study...
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UK’s first deep geothermal energy plant in 37 years begins operations
- Jun, 20, 2023
- Geo-Energy Geothermal Energy Geotechnics Green Infrastructure Other Geotechnical
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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
- Jun, 19, 2023
- Liquefaction Engineering Dam Engineering Tailings Dams Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Other Geotechnical Soil Mechanics Visualization
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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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$400m North Split reconstruction project in Indianapolis nears completion
- May, 26, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Construction Management Other Structural Other Geotechnical Bridges News On Projects / Industry Other News
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The I-65/I-70 North Split Interchange project’s final ramp from Ohio Street to College Avenue reopened on May 26. North Split is located in Indianapolis and is the second busiest interchange in Indi...
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China has started digging an 11,100-meter deep borehole
- Jun, 16, 2023
- Deep Excavations Geomorphology Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical
- China
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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
- Jun, 15, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Tunneling Other Geotechnical
- Denmark
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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
- Jun, 13, 2023
- Slope Stability Rock Mechanics Other Geotechnical Erosion Landslides
- Switzerland
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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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