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Geo Con
Apr 10, 20241 min read
Watch: How to ensure basements don’t go wrong
Expanded Geotechnical business leader John Chick talked about ways of avoiding basements "going wrong" at the 2023 GE Basements &...
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Geo Con
Apr 9, 20241 min read
Network Rail continues ‘complex’ repairs at Grange-over-Sands following derailment
Network Rail and its contractors are continuing a “complex” repair operation to the railway at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, after a void...
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Geo Con
Apr 8, 20241 min read
Drainage gets funding boost in CP7 as Network Rail tackles climate change impacts
Network Rail will spend £2.8bn over the next five years on activities and solutions such as drainage systems that will help it better...
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Geo Con
Apr 5, 20241 min read
Technical paper: The design and management of groundwater control for the construction of a railway box culvert
By George R French, OGI Groundwater Specialists (Cooling Prize Finalist 2023) Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground...
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Geo Con
Apr 4, 20241 min read
Transport Scotland to establish new £45M ground investigation framework
Government travel body Transport Scotland is looking to fill a multi-supplier framework with specialist contractors to carry out ground...
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Geo Con
Apr 2, 20241 min read
Watch: Innovative approaches to monitoring soil-structure interaction
University of Cambridge civil engineering emeritus professor and Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction founding head Robert...
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Geo Con
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Arcadis, RSK and GEL appointed to Canal & River Trust geotechnical framework
The Canal & River Trust has put in place long term framework contracts for ground investigation and technical engineering and design...
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Geo Con
Mar 27, 20241 min read
62nd Rankine Lecture: ‘Computational analysis is pivotal for addressing pressing issues in geotechnical design’
Rankine Lecturer Lidija Zdravković presented examples of research applying geotechnical analysis to address the sustainable development...
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Geo Con
Mar 26, 20241 min read
Investigations continue into ‘sinkhole’ beneath tracks after Cumbria derailment
Network Rail is carrying out investigations into the cause of a “sinkhole” that was discovered beneath railway tracks following a train...
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Geo Con
Mar 25, 20241 min read
WSP and Atkins Réalis to support geological disposal facility programme
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has appointed engineering consultancies WSP and Atkins Réalis to prepare for geotechnical investigations to...
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