Ground engineers should focus on fundamentals and buildability rather than advanced analysis and automation to deliver more economically viable underground spaces, writes Mott MacDonald's James Eadington.
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Techfest Awards 2024 shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Techfest Awards – brought to you by NCE and CN – has been announced, with chosen companies standing out for their innovative use of technologies that drive the construction and civil engineering industries forward.
Geotechnical companies encouraged to enter 2024 Techfest Awards
The Techfest Awards – brought to you by NCE and CN – recognise projects, teams and companies doing the most to harness technologies that drive the construction and civil engineering industries forward.
Watch: NGI Digital: Bringing tech into geotechnics
At the 2023 GE Smart Geotechnics conference, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute head of digital Kristen Paulsen talked about the organisation's journey of bringing "tech" into geotechnics.
Early Careers Challenge: Design an embankment on soft soils for a UK highway
By Archie Bunney, Systra; Susanna Pahl, University of Oxford; Ahmed Saadeldein, Bachy Soletanche; Milagros Guerrero Espino, Aecom; and Maria Frantzeskou, Mott MacDonald
Winners of the geotechnical Early Careers Challenge announced
The team that won the very first Early Careers Challenge, presented by Ground Engineering and Mott MacDonald, was announced at last week's GE Smart Geotechnics conference.
Q&A: Mott MacDonald’s Tony O’Brien on optimising geotech contribution to net zero
Mott MacDonald geotechnics global practice leader Tony O’Brien recently received the British Geotechnical Association’s prestigious Skempton Medal.
Meet the ground engineering early careers challengers
The teams involved in the very first Early Careers Challenge, launched by Ground Engineering and Mott MacDonald, were announced at last week’s kick-off meeting.
Underground asset register launched in West and East Midlands
The Geospatial Commission has expanded the coverage of the National Underground Asset Register – a digital map of underground pipes and cables – to include the West and East Midlands, following its initial launch in April.
Early career engineers invited to solve geotechnical challenge
GE and Mott MacDonald have launched the first Early Careers Challenge focused on ground engineering, sustainability and digital solutions. Mott MacDonald geotechnical director Rob Talby explains what it is all about.