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The longest railway tunnel in Nordics handed over
- Nov, 23, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Deep Excavations Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The 20km long Blix tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in Scandinavia and the first Norwegian railway tunnel with two separate tunnel tubes. It has been completed by joint venture Acciona Ghella (AG...
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Chile: mining areas connected to giant sinkhole were permanently closed
- Oct, 17, 2022
- Other Geotechnical Deep Excavations Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Chile
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The permanent closure of mining stopes directly related to a giant sinkhole, that appeared in the northern part of the country in July, was announced by Chile's mining minister on Friday (07 October...
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San Francisco’s troubled Millennium Tower continues to sink
- May, 19, 2022
- Deep Excavations Foundation Design / Construction Settlements
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The iconic 58-storey residential building known as Millennium Tower at the city of San Francisco continues to sink despite a 100 million dollars fixing program has been implemented to fix it. The...
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