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Banihal-Katra rail link: India's longest escape tunnel completed
- Dec, 21, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
India’s longest escape tunnel, which is 12.89 km long constructed on the 111km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway line in Jammu and Kashmir was completed by the Indian Railways. The longest tun...
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Malaysia landslide: At least 16 fatalities and more missing
- Dec, 16, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- Malaysia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least 16 people including children have been killed after a landslide enveloped a holiday campsite in Malaysia's Selangor state, officials say. Families were sleeping in their tents when a lands...
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Colombia landslide: at least 34 fatalities
- Dec, 12, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- Colombia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Heavy rains in northwest Colombia sent a wall of earth crashing onto a winding road, swallowing up a bus and other vehicles and killing 34 people, emergency services said Monday. The landslide Sunda...
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Waimea Water: update on dam construction project
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical
- New Zealand
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The major dam project located on the Lee River will increase water to aquifers that supply Richmond, Brightwater, Mapua, and other urban areas along the Waimea Plain once complete – which is expected...
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Green light for the Swedish rail tunnel construction
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Other Geotechnical Railway Geotechnics Transportation Geotechnics
- Sweden
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The 1.6-kilometre Ersmark tunnel will be constructed in Sweden by Spanish contractor Comsa in a consortium with Nortúnel S.A. After some delay due to an appeal, the Swedish Transport Administration (...
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Orara River: Targeting erosion on the banks of the river
Erosion is being repaired along the Orara River thanks to two NSW Government Habitat Action Grants funding practical, on-ground rehabilitation works for fish habitats, including managing stock access...
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Deadly landslide on Italian island of Ischia
- Nov, 29, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least one person was killed as heavy rain caused a landslide on the Italian holiday island of Ischia on Saturday and thus Italy has declared a state of emergency. On Sunday morning, 10 people rema...
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Indonesian landslide due to earthquake: rescuers focus on survivors
- Nov, 25, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Seismic Slope Stability Other Geotechnical
- Indonesia
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A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Monday killing at least 272, more than a third of them children. On an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers narrowed their focus to a landslide...
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Awards of sophisticated civil engineering for two California projects
- Nov, 24, 2022
- Pile Foundations Other Geotechnical Soil Behavior Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Two California projects its San Francisco section 2022 project awards were awarded from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): (i) outstanding geotechnical award for YouTube’s HQ in San Brun...
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The longest railway tunnel in Nordics handed over
- Nov, 23, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Deep Excavations Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The 20km long Blix tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in Scandinavia and the first Norwegian railway tunnel with two separate tunnel tubes. It has been completed by joint venture Acciona Ghella (AG...
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