Ground Engineering Magazine

NEW ISSUE The August/September issue of Ground Engineering reports on the University of Leeds’ programme to test for geothermal energy underneath its campus, and the development of a saturation hazard matrix for Scotland’s Rest and Be Thankful on the A83. The issue also includes an interview with Engineering Group of the Geological Society (EGGS) chair Anna Morley on driving sustainability, a technical note on historical landsliding in Wales, the 2024 GE Awards winners special, and the second part of a technical paper that looks at a tool for the capacity curve of embedded retaining systems. In addition, it includes an Engineering Insight Q&A with Arup geotechnical engineer Sayid Salim, as well as the latest news and opinion. Read the new issue here: https://lnkd.in/eRXPuCfE #groundengineering #magazine #august #september #GEAwards #geothermal #netzero #energy #leeds #research #testing #scotland #A83 #hazards #engineering #geology #interview #industryleader #landslides #wales #technicalpaper

HS2: Bromford Tunnel TBM reaches halfway point to Birmingham The tunnel boring machine (TBM) excavating the first bore of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) 5.6km Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham has reached the halfway point. #HS2 #bromford #tunnel #infrastructure #transport #excavation

EVENTS | Ground engineering: What’s on in September 2024 and beyond Ground Engineering's monthly round-up of events from across the geotechnical sector. #events #groundengineering #geotechnical #conferences #september

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Salisbury Square reaches ‘bottoming out’ milestone on mega basement Contractors have reached the lowest point of an 18m deep basement excavation for the Salisbury Square Development in the heart of London's financial district. #basement #excavation #salisburysquare #development #london #project

Industry celebrates return of mining engineering undergraduate course Industry leaders have hailed the return of a mining engineering degree at the University of Exeter after a five-year hiatus. #mining #engineering #undergraduate #university #skills #industrynews

Group wins cash to explore hydrogen-storage potential in Midlands A consortium led by distribution network Cadent Gas Limited has secured funding to investigate the potential for underground hydrogen storage in the East Midlands. #hydrogen #underground #midlands #geology British Geological Survey

TECHNICAL NOTE | Learning lessons from historical landsliding in Wales By Dr Tom St John and Dafydd Tudor, Mott MacDonald Understanding historical landslide occurrence, distribution and impacts can help to inform modern risk mitigation strategies. Wales has a moderate to high landslide susceptibility (Wilde et al, 2018) with around 2,800 landslides recorded by the British Geological Survey. Research into landslides in South Wales commenced in around 1916 (Bentley and Siddle, 1996) and the South Wales Coalfield Landslip Survey (Conway et al, 1980) was the first major inventory collection. Landslides occurring from the mid-1900s onwards are well studied and reported; however, there is highly limited discussion of events in the 1800s and early 1900s. The Aberfan flowslide disaster in 1966, during which 144 people died, serves as a stark reminder of the devasting impact landslides can have. Landslides continue to cause adverse impacts in Wales, so there is value in understanding historical landsliding. By reviewing the National Library of Wales’ (NLW’s) recently digitised catalogue of more than 15M historical newspaper articles, it was possible to compile a database of more than 500 unique landslide events for the years 1836 to 1919. The mass movements were catalogued and geolocated with extent and timing information as well as failure mode, impacts, antecedent weather and trigger mechanisms. A wide range of transport infrastructure, commercial activities and residential buildings was found to have been impacted, with 119 fatalities identified. #technicalnote #landslides #wales #historical #data #lessons

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