China has set a new benchmark in underground rescue operations with its remarkable recovery of a stalled 16‑m diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) beneath the Yangtze River. During construction of the 6.4‑km Jiangyin–Jingjiang Yangtze River […]
Recent reporting by the Miami Herald and a new peer-reviewed satellite radar study have drawn attention to subsidence patterns affecting parts of South Florida’s barrier islands. The findings are likely to be of interest to […]
I came across this video from Geovert documenting its role in the recovery following the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake in New Zealand. It provides a compelling look at the scale and urgency of the […]
The Sumela Monastery in the Trabzon Province of Turkey dates to about 386 AD. This iconic building of great historical and cultural significance was founded by Greek Orthodox monks but has been an object of […]
SlabJack Geotechnical recently tackled a challenging project in Everett, Washington, where a two-year-old tilt-up panel building faced serious subsidence issues. The building, which featured a 30-foot fill CMU block retaining wall, had settled by 2.5 […]
Geotechnical consultant Gregg Korbin served on the Technical Advisory Board for Washington State DOT for the SR-99 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel Project. He recently presented to the Vancouver Geotechnical Society on lessons learned from […]
The Crossrail project in London was Europe’s largest infrastructure project at the time of its construction beneath metro London, and there were many geotechnical innovations and challenges. Lord Robert Mair of Cambridge University recently gave […]
Finland has the world’s first commercial underground nuclear waste repository, and construction of the access works, infrastructure, and the first five disposal tunnels is essentially complete. I haven’t seen a timeline of when they will […]
The geotechnical program is about to begin on the $2.2B AUS ($1.4B USD) Coffs Harbour Bypass project in New South Wales, Australia. The design-builder will be conducting over 300 boreholes between 4 and 70 m […]
Finland is leading the world when it comes to permanently disposing of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository. Their Onkalo facility recently completed excavation of the first of five final disposal tunnels, a […]
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