In this episode, we’ll cover global project highlights, new tools and research, a deep-dive topic on Learning from Geotechnical Case Histories, a brief look back at geotechnical history, and finally, we’ll share some upcoming courses and seminars from around the globe.

Segment 1: Global Project Highlights:

Recent Nevada earthquakes highlight long-term crustal deformation risks

https://www.geoengineer.org/news/recent-nevada-earthquakes-highlight-long-term-crustal-deformation-risks

Back-to-back fatal landslides strike Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand

https://www.geoengineer.org/news/back-to-back-fatal-landslides-strike-tauranga-north-island-new-zealand

Installation of Fehmarnbelt tunnel expected to begin within months

https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/installation-of-delayed-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-expected-to-begin-within-months-23-01-2026/

Boring completed on Oslo’s E6 Clean Water Tunnel

https://www.tunnelsandtunnelling.com/news/boring-completed-on-oslos-e6-clean-water-tunnel/

Segment 2: Research and Tech Tools

Nanoresearch offers hope for greener quick clay stabilization

https://www.ngi.no/aktuelt/nanoforskning-gir-hap-om-kvikkleiresikring/

New AI-Based Model Predicts Frozen Soil Behavior

https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cgj-2025-0364

Remote Sensing Boosts Landslide Hazard Analysis in Eastern Canada

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10706-026-03628-2

Fiber-Reinforced Soil for Seismic Stability

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10706-026-03629-1

Segment 3: Deep Dive Topic

Learning from Geotechnical Case Histories: 138,733 Downloads in 2025

https://www.geoengineer.org/news/138733-paper-downloads-in-2025-for-the-issmge-international-journal-of-geoengineering-case-histories

Segment 4: This Week in Geotechnical History

Cyclone Cheneso – Madagascar

https://www.geoengineer.org/on-this-day/01/19

Segment 5: Upcoming Courses & Seminars

Event links:

· https://www.icgre.org/index.html

· https://www.icsmge2026.org/en

· https://www.geoinstitute.org/events/geo-congress-2026

· https://icgecolombo2026.org/index.php

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