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CAPTIVATING GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING NEWS IN 2018
News Other Geotechnical A total of 255 news were posted in Geoengineer.org’s News Center in 2018.
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Here is a compilation of the most captivating news this year.
Find the announcement with links to all news items in https://www.geoengineer.org/news-center/news/item/2218-video-with-the-most-captivating-2018-geotechnical-engineering-news
News included:
JANUARY - 0:17
-Huge crack spreading on Washington’s Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations.
-75,000 people evacuated as Mount Mayon volcano erupts in Philippines.
-Novotech - Borehole Log Software | Switch to NovoLAB Today.
-Bridge collapses in Colombia killing at least nine.
FEBRUARY - 0:57
-Landslide destroys homes in Tijuana, Mexico.
-Geopier is installing the Armorpact® system in Milwaukee.
-Cars swallowed up after road collapsza, Greece.
-Keller and Hayward Baker announce acquisition of Moretrench.
MAY - 2:06
-The ISRM European Rock Mechanics Symposion Eurock 2018 was held on 22-27 of May, 2018 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
-Consecutive earthquakes rock Hawaii’s Big Island as Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt.
JUNE - 2:28
-Italian Church miraculously spared by rockfall.
-Elizabeth line: The new crossrail of London.
JULY - 2:50
-Block caving: A new mining method arises.
-Landslide damages Russian football World Cup stadium.
-California Highway 1 re-opens a year after landslide.
AUGUST - 3:21
-Laos dam collapse: Floods into Cambodia.
-Massive mudslide eruption in Swiss village.
-Bentley Systems Named 2018 Microsoft CityNext Partner of the Year.
SEPTEMBER - 3:53
-Dramatic landslide in Zakynthos Island, Greece: 7 people injured.
-Myanmar dam failure: 85 villages flooded.
-The Standard Penetration Test (SPT) is a widely-used soil exploration tool by GRL that uses an SPT hammer to drive a drill string with a split-barrel sampler attached at the bottom of the string.
OCTOBER - 4:25
-Disastrous retaining wall failure followed by building collapse in Turkey.
-Tremendous earthquake followed by tsunami struck Indonesia: 840 people dead.
-Calaveras Dam, the larger dam built in Bay Area in 20 years, is finally completed.
-SmartDCP - Traditional vs. SmartDCP Method by Humboldt.
NOVEMBER - 5:07
-World's longest bridge ready to operate.
-Huge meteor crater discovered in Greenland.
-Astonishing near miss of bus as massive landslide strikes in Philippines.
DECEMBER - 5:39
-Wykeham Farrance launched the EmS product range for highly performing, repeteable and fully automatic systems.
-Alaska struck by a massive M 7.0 earthquake.
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