Construction work has started early for a 300km long underground cable route known as A-Nord that will transport renewable energy from the north to the south of Germany.
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GE100 2023: Leader in innovation
Geodata specialist Fugro is driving for better data access, safer operations and more sustainable practices through technological advances in geotechnics.
Offshore geotechnical and geophysical surveys completed for Orkney wind farm
Geoquip Marine and Gardline have carried out this year’s seabed survey campaigns for the West of Orkney wind farm in Scotland.
Arup to supply ground model for Dutch offshore wind farm
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency has appointed Arup to produce an integrated ground model and a geotechnical interpretative report for one of the Nederwiek wind farm sites.
Ground investigations to help stabilise Southend’s soft cliff coastline
Ground investigations were required at Southend-on-Sea, where the soft cliff coastline has suffered ongoing ground movement and cracking.
‘The zonal approach presents a revised way of thinking about foundation design’
Is zonal design for ground engineering the future? asks Ramboll head of geostructures Stephen Lawrence West.
Hinkley Point C to begin offshore shaft installation
Main contractor Balfour Beatty and marine construction specialist New Waves Solutions are commencing the final stages of offshore work on EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project in Somerset.
Richard Jardine to give McClelland Lecture on vertical bearing behaviour of foundations
Imperial College geomechanics professor and proconsul Richard Jardine will be delivering the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering’s 6th McClelland Lecture in London later this year.
Offshore engineering: Building a deep water port in the Outer Hebrides
A rock blasting, piling and dredging programme is underway for a major new deep water port that is set to transform the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Deme to carry out ‘challenging’ foundation installation for French offshore wind farm
Deme will deploy innovative methods to install monopile foundations in challenging ocean conditions after winning two contracts worth £266M (€300M) for a new offshore wind farm in France.