The UK nuclear innovation programme Game Changers is supporting engineering consultancy Hydrock with funding for a scoping exercise on a land remediation concept at the Sellafield nuclear site.
The bi-directional method aims to distinguish more clearly between shaft and end resistances and the true capacity of the element, particularly when dealing with long piles and high loads. Socotec developed its solution using Supercell embedded elements, a cast-in-place loading system which produces the bi-directional axial loading forces during the…
Liebherr has expanded its digital product range for deep foundation equipment, crawler cranes and maritime cranes with the development of a Remote Service tool. The app can assist through visual information for easier troubleshooting. Features include audio and video calls, a chat function, screen sharing, image and document exchange, as…
Aecom has developed a new web-based platform that provides infrastructure owners or developers with an increased understanding of the ecological condition of a site. The new natural capital accounting platform can combine spatial data, remote sensing, audio, video and virtual reality for a digital version of an asset. Through its…
Socotec Monitoring is working with HR Wallingford to deliver data analysis to users of the British Geological Survey's (BGS) Prime system. The BGS created Prime to help infrastructure owners improve their understanding of what was happening inside their critical geotechnical assets. Socotec Monitoring – formerly ITM Monitoring – is the…
Fugro has said that it will launch new site investigation solutions for the offshore wind sector this week at the Wind Europe Offshore conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. A new seabed-deployed cone penetration test system, known as Seacalf Mk IV-X, and the Seawatch Wind Lidar Buoy, along with new solutions for…
Soletanche Bachy has said that it is currently monitoring 1,150 sites and 100 piling rigs around the world in real time using a database platform from Zetta-Lyze. The system is a multi-application, multi-profile/profession and multi-source database platform that Bachy has described as more than just a working tool. According to…
Testing specialist ALS Environmental has launched a new sample container in a bid to improve sustainability of its and its customers operations. The company has described the plastic free sample container as “pioneering”. The cardboard “bento box” style containers are 100% recyclable and biodegradable and will be phased into circulation…
Central Alliance has said that it can now offer a more economic approach to detailed ground stiffness profiling without use of intrusive techniques following the addition of Continuous Surface Wave (CSW) testing to its capabilities. CSW uses a vibrator with a frequency range of 5Hz to 100Hz to create Rayleigh…
Borehole Solutions and Associated Drilling Services have become the latest firms to benefit from Epiroc’s bespoke training courses for geotechnical customers. The training was carried out by Chris Marshall from AMC Drilling Fluids and covered a range of topics that were adapted to the customer’s requirements. The areas covered included…
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