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Tide vs. Time: Reinventing Ports in the Age of Climate Change
- Apr, 07, 2025
- Erosion Groundwater & Seepage Structural Systems Ports News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Projects / Industry
- South America
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
San Antonio, Chile’s busiest port, is under siege. Each year, towering waves crash over its sea wall, forcing operations to halt and leaving vessels stranded. With 270 ships affected annually and lo...
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Civil Engineering News Recap of March 2025
- Apr, 01, 2025
- Concrete Structures General Construction General Civil Environmental Engineering Construction Management Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure Tunneling Railway Geotechnics Landfill Engineering Groundwater & Seepage Structural Failures Bridges Forensics Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Engineering
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of March 2025. Namely, these were: 1) Hydro...
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Toxic Air and Sickness: The Deadly Impact of Delhi’s Landfills
- Mar, 14, 2025
- Landfill Engineering Sustainable Development Groundwater & Seepage Environmental Engineering News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, New Delhi
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
For years, Delhi’s landfills have symbolized an environmental disaster—massive, toxic mountains of waste, towering over neighborhoods and poisoning the air and water. Among them, the Bhalswa and Ghaz...
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Harnessing the Power of Hybrid Dunes for Coastal Protection
- Dec, 19, 2024
- Protective Structures Groundwater & Seepage Hydraulic Engineering Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development News On Research / Academia Other News
- Netherlands, Monster
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Protecting coastlines against the growing threat of sea level rise and extreme weather events has become a critical challenge. Researchers are leading the charge with an innovative test dune along t...
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£200M Leeds Flood Scheme Safeguards Homes, Businesses, and Biodiversity
- Nov, 26, 2024
- Forensics Forensic Engineering Groundwater Pumping Groundwater & Seepage News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, Leeds
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme is a landmark £200 million project aimed at protecting over 4,000 homes and 1,000 businesses from extreme flooding. Initiated after the devastating Boxing Day floo...
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Progress Update: How The Wash Project Aims to Secure Flood Protection and Renewable Energy
- Nov, 14, 2024
- Sustainable Development Groundwater & Seepage General Civil General Construction Energy Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A transformative £2 billion project is underway at The Wash, aiming to bring sustainable energy, advanced logistics, and improved flood defences to the region between Lincolnshire and Norfolk. This a...
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Harnessing Salt Marshes for Cost-Effective Coastal Protection
- Oct, 23, 2024
- Erosion Groundwater & Seepage General Civil News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
As coastal communities grapple with rising sea levels and increasingly powerful storms, cost-effective solutions are in high demand. A recent study from MIT reveals that salt marshes provide a highly...
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New study finds above-limit quantities of PFAS “forever chemicals” in water globally
- Apr, 08, 2024
- Groundwater & Seepage General Civil Geoenvironmental Engineering Contaminant Transport News On Research / Academia Other News
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A new study, led by the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia was published on Monday, April 8, 2024, in the Natural Geoscience journal, which found that “forever chemicals” exist at hig...
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California hit by earthquake and Tropical Storm Hilary
- Aug, 20, 2023
- General Civil Groundwater & Seepage Landslides Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, California
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The first tropical storm in 84 years made landfall in Southern California on Sunday, August 20, after the region was hit by a 5.1 moment magnitude earthquake. Furthermore, the earthquake occurred at...
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Purdue Geotechnical Society’s 19th G.A Leonards Lecture now on YouTube
- Jul, 04, 2023
- Geoenvironmental Engineering Remediation Technology Contaminant Transport Geosynthetics For Containment Landfill Engineering Groundwater & Seepage Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Professor Krishna Reddy gave the 19th G.A. Leonards Lecture on “Sustainability and Resiliency-Based Innovation: Research and Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering”, which was hosted by the Purdue...
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