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Novel methods for underground construction

Lateral thinking and technology transfer are set to revolutionise the construction of transportation and utilities tunnels, underpasses, car parks and other underground structures. Patrick Lane-Nott,...

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Rocscience | ‘Open Secret’ Advantages of the Shear Strength Reduction Approach in Slope Stability Analysis

by Reginald Hammah, Ph.D. Introduction Seventeen years ago, in 2004, we wrote a RocNews article outlining our perspectives on the Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) technique of slope stability analysis....

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New York-New Jersey: Gateway rail tunnel work may start in 2023

The Gateway rail tunnel, a project of $12.3 billion, linking New York City and New Jersey has reached a major preconstruction milestone with the completion of geotechnical studies necessary for the e...

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Landslide monitoring and warning systems to be installed in Mandi, India

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) here yesterday for the installation of landslide mon...

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91,421 paper downloads in 2021 for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories!

The ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is proud to announce that its papers were downloaded 91,421 times in 2021. The International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories...

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A landslide warning system: India says it's working with UK on prototype

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in collaboration with the British Geological Survey (BGS) under the National Environmental Research Council (UK) funded, multi-consortium LANDSLIP project has dev...

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Open Online Course on "Seismology to Earthquake Engineering", offered by École Polytechnique - IP Paris

École Polytechnique - Institut Polytechnique Paris is offering a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled Seismology to Earthquake Engineering. You can find more and enroll in this MOOC for free...

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Rocscience International Conference : Proceedings are Now Available

In celebration of Rocscience's 25th year as a company, the Rocscience International Conference was created as a way to connect with engineers and create a platform for the exchange of ideas and innov...

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The Upper and Lower San Fernando Dams: 50 Years of Advances in Seismic Analysis of Dams Potentially Susceptible to Seismic Soil Liquefaction

Prof. Raymond Seed of UC Berkeley, in an invited lecturer as part of EERI Sacramento Chapter on December 2nd 2021 presents some of his latest work with colleagues on the analysis of the upper and low...

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Two-dimensional probabilistic slope stability analysis of Fundão dam

Introduction In this paper, Linda Inêz Garcia Bessa and Gilson de F. N. Gitirana Jr. from Universidade Federal de Goiás in Brazil, as well as Bentley Systems Geotechnical Strategic Advisor Murray...

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