Ground Engineering Magazine

NEW ISSUE The November issue of Ground Engineering Magazine includes site reports on surveys carried out on an ageing flood embankment in Devon, an urban regeneration project on a former landfill site in Liverpool, and ground investigations on the structurally compromised Hurst Castle. The issue also includes interviews with The Geological Society 24th #GlossopMedal Lecturer Mark Lee and American Society of Civil Engineers #PrakashLecturerAward recipient Brady Cox. In addition, it includes an Engineering Insight Q&A with AtkinsRéalis asset management consultant Jane Middleton, as well as the latest news and opinion. Read the new issue here: https://lnkd.in/gtW2SXZG #groundengineering #geotechnical #news #QandA #features #interviews #november #magazine #opinion #devon #liverpool #hurstcastle #sitereports #flooding #engineering #remediations #groundinvestigations

New government initiatives aim to turn Britain into ‘a clean energy superpower’ The UK government this month launched a range of initiatives and industry reports aimed at accelerating the transition to renewable energy, focusing on storage, carbon capture and floating wind power. #renewables #energy #pumpedhydro #carboncapture #windpower

Van Elle buys Albion Drilling Group Ground engineering contractor Van Elle has acquired specialist piling and drilling business Albion Drilling Group Ltd. #aquisition #business #groundengineering #piling #foundations #business

Amey in ‘final stages’ of designing solution for failed slope near A96 Union Bridge Consultant Amey, working on behalf of Transport Scotland, continues to progress with design work to fix a failed retaining wall at Union Bridge on the A96 in Keith, Moray. #slope #retainingwall #design #transport #scotland #moray

Q&A | 2024 BGA Touring Lecturer Bruno Stuyts on offshore geotechnics and data science Ghent University visiting professor for offshore geotechnics Bruno Stuyts will deliver the 2024 British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Touring Lecture on the topic of “Applications of machine learning in geotechnical site characterisation and design”. #geotechnical #lecture #event #offshore #data #science #design

🚨 The November 2024 issue is here! 🚨 This month’s edition is features: • A Q&A with Atkins Réalis asset management consultant Jane Middleton • A conversation with Mark Lee, the 24th Glossop Medal Lecturer, on landslide risk assessment • An interview with Brady Cox, recipient of the Prakash Lecturer Award, on seismic response analyses • Site reports on non-intrusive surveys at a Devon flood embankment and remediations at Liverpool's Festival Gardens • A ground investigation report on the compromised Hurst Castle in Hampshire Get expert views and explore the latest developments in ground engineering by reading the full issue now! 📖👇 https://ow.ly/egMO50TSvbf #GroundEngineering

IN DEPTH | Interview: Glossop Medal Lecturer Mark Lee shares landslide risk insights Geohazard risk specialist Mark Lee will present the 24th Glossop Medal Lecture on landslide risk assessment and the “radical uncertainties” inherent in predicting geohazards. #glossop #medal #landslides #geohazards #interview #groundengineering Engineering Group of the Geological Society (EGGS)

HS2: Piling work begins on bridge to take A-road over railway in Staffordshire Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) has begun foundation work for a new bridge that will enable High Speed 2 (HS2) trains to pass under a major A-road in Staffordshire. #HS2 #foundations #piling #bridge #road #highspeedrail #staffordshire

63rd Rankine Lecturer to discuss distributed sensing data and analytic techniques University of California, Berkeley’s Kenichi Soga will discuss how distributed sensing data and data analytic techniques can provide geotechnical insights when he delivers the next Rankine Lecture. #rankine #lecture #data #analytics #geotechnical #insights #event

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