Study by civil engineers finds that the history of the Jagersfontein dam deviates from best engineering practice. On 11 September 2022, a diamond mine waste storage facility, known as a tailings dam, ...

Female engineers might be under-represented within the construction sector, but at a major dam upgrade project on the Coast, women are breaking stereotypes. On a $24 million upgrade of Ewen Maddock ...

Yida Zhang is deeply passionate about assessing the stability of dams, but his approach is unconventional. Rather than studying the large aging structures, his research zeroes in on the tiny sand ...

When you start your journey in higher education in the engineering field, you might have faced or come across various disciplines, like Computer Science Engineering (CSE), Mechanical Engineering, ...

A group of civil and electrical engineers are calling on governments to consider the hydro potential of the Burdekin Falls Dam. Here’s why. Dick Cerny, a civil engineer who has worked on dam projects ...

Risk assessment and management of dam safety encompass the systematic processes of identifying potential failure modes, quantifying their likelihood and consequences, and applying measures to prevent, ...

Two major earthquakes and 130 years later, the Crystal Springs Dam has finally been honored with a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark designation, recognizing the nation’s largest concrete ...

Ghanaian Civil Engineer Kwasi Taylor Jr. has said that irrigation farming can be used to prevent the Akosombo Dam from overflowing beyond the limits needed for operation. Several communities in the ...

Civil engineering has become one of most technology-intensive and interdisciplinary professions, staunchly rooted in math, ...