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Geotechnical News
Crossrail amends Connaught Tunnel works
Crossrail has changed its restoration and improvement plans for the Connaught Tunnel in the Docklands, east London, to what it says is a safer and easier method.
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Tunnelling machine set for Beckton sewage works run
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London borough tightens basement rules
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Pile guide first for Brazilian offshore project
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Final funding plea for heritage rail repair
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Frankis wins foundations contract for Kent homes
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Commons plays down 'Big Ben' subsidence risk
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Nordsee Ost wind farm foundation contract awarded
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Detailed geotechnical investigation for Scottish landslip site given go-ahead
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Site investigation for river clean up to start
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Record-breaking piles for Macau crossing completed
Geotechnical features from NCE
Ground Engineering: Roll out the barrels
An unusual legacy of the Second World War has prompted an imaginative remediation strategy in north Kent.
Ground Engineering: A little nail treatment
Combining soil nailing with electrokinetics is enabling embankment stabilisation on a busy route through Kent to be carried out with minimal impact on nature and traffic.
Ground Engineering: Rising to the occasion
With more than 245,000m3 of fill needed to redevelop a site in the coastal Devon town of Seaton, an innovative approach was needed to avoid clogging up the narrow rural roads.
Ground Engineering: Contamination conundrum
Remediation technologies have advanced in the last 20 years, but the classification of what levels of contaminants are actually harmful to health is still very much a grey area.
Surge stopper: Felixstowe's new coastal defences
As well as making good severe erosion and improving beach protection, Felixstowe’s fast-track coastal defence project is supporting urban regeneration.
Plant: Mixing session
Cleaning up a development site with an unusual wartime legacy has involved some heavy duty specialist equipment, as Margo Cole reports.
Crossrail tunnels: Delivery driver
Crossrail’s first tunnel boring machine, is now being built on site ready to start work in March. Claire Symes reports from west London.
Ground Engineering: A dam good job
Life as an engineer can be rewarding, but for Arup dam engineer Ljiljana Spasic-Gril it has meant weeks away from home to undertake remote site visits - a sacrifice she believes has been worth it.
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Ground Engineering is the leading magazine for the UK geotechnics industry providing information on new and practical aspects of geotechnics, engineering geology and geo-environmental engineering. To keep up to date on the latest stories, follow the magazine on twitter @GE_magazine Editor Claire Symes is a geotechnical engineer with 12 years' experience as a construction journalist. To get in contact, please email claire.symes@emap.com or call 020 7 728 4550 and follow her on Twitter @ClaireS_GE |
