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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
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
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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Mount Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii live streamed by the USGS
- Jun, 12, 2023
- Other Geotechnical Engineering Geology Geomorphology
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Mount Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, erupted on Wednesday, June 7. Furthermore, the eruption started at 4:44 a.m. local time and by the afternoon of the sa...
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Landslide hits workers’ dormitory in China’s Sichuan province
- Jun, 09, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Mining Other Geotechnical
- China
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A landslide occurred in the Yongsheng township of the Sichuan province in China, in the early morning hours of June 4. A worker’s dormitory was hit in the event and resulted in 19 fatalities, all of...
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Damaged pipe causes sinkhole in the middle of the street in Thailand
- May, 31, 2023
- Erosion Engineering Geology Geomorphology Risk & Reliability Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Underground Structures
- Thailand
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A sinkhole was caught on video forming outside a café in the Chiang Rai province of Northern Thailand, on May 23. The sinkhole is seen forming as water is flowing out of it, while officials stated t...
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