Ground Engineering

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

A new report by the US Geological Survey (USGS) reflects on the deadly landslide legacy of Hurricane Helene and the shift it has engendered in attitudes towards regional landslide risk. Helene made landfall in Florida on 26 September 2024 as a Category 4 hurricane and continued northward across the southern Appalachian region, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

Surrey County Council is considering filling in or grouting the area around an underground sand mine tunnel that was discovered during investigations into a major ground collapse in Godstone earlier this year. The council earlier this month confirmed that the underground tunnel had been found 8m beneath Godstone High Street, where a large hole appeared in February this year. The hole formed when a water pipe on the high street burst, and it grew to at least 20m long, 5m wide and 5m deep.

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

Joseph Gallagher has won a £50M contract to deliver trenchless construction works for Hynet North West’s carbon capture pipeline that will run from Cheshire to Wales. The civil engineering company was selected by primary contractor United Living to design and construct 53 trenchless crossings across the project’s pipeline route. These crossings will ensure safe pipeline installation beneath critical infrastructure and natural features.

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

The National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) is one step closer to being put on a statutory footing after the Data (Use and Access) Bill successfully passed through Parliament. Among other things, the bill will make it mandatory for owners of buried assets like water and electric companies to sign up to NUAR – a government project to digitally map buried pipes and cables.

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

Fugro appoints a new group director for Europe and Africa, the International Tunnelling Association (ITA) announces a new president, and Mainmark welcomes a new chief executive officer in the latest people moves from across the sector. Amentum has appointed Arabel Vilas Serin as a principal geotechnical engineer. Vilas joins the company from BG&E, where she was a senior geotechnical engineer. In her new role, she will be based in Amentum’s London office and work on defence and nuclear projects.