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NGI seeks new Managing Director
Date: 5/6/2011
After 20 as Managing Director of NGI, Dr. Suzanne Lacasse has decided to step down. NGI's Board of Directors are therefore seeking her replacement.
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NGI reception during OTC 2011
Date: 5/2/2011
NGI has the pleasure of inviting to the 2011 Annual NGI Reception during OTC, at Hotel ZaZa in the Museum District in Houston, 5:00 PM on Wednesday 4th May 2011.
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NGI at EURES Iceland job fair in Reykjavik
Date: 4/9/2011
NGI will attend the European Employment Services (EURES) job fair in Reykjavik City Hall, on Iceland, Friday 15th and 16th April. We seek experienced geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists and hydrogeologists.
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Professor Kenneth Stokoe visits NGI
Date: 9/27/2010
Professor Kenneth H. Stokoe from the University of Texas at Austin is visiting NGI from 4th to 6th October. During his stay he will present a lecture on seismic measurements.
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New centre for green energy
Date: 4/15/2010
A new research centre for environmentally friendly energy, where NGI is one of the partners, opened Thursday April 8. The centre is named "SUbsurface CO2-storage Critical Elements and Superior Strategy" (SUCCESS).
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Reliance's KGD6 Fields
Date: 3/22/2010
NGI has provided its offshore geotechnical engineering expertise for Reliance's KG D6 project in the east coast of India. The project was completed in a record time.
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MoU with Chinese university
Date: 3/19/2010
NGI and the two Norwegian Universities in Bergen and Oslo will contribute to Zhuhai College in China plans to establish an international ocean engineering college.
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Priority to tunnel in Bhutan
Date: 3/18/2010
The Department of Geology and Mines (DGM) in Bhutan and NGI are recommending that a 10.6 km of tunnel from Yusipang in Thimphu to Nabesa in Wangduephodrang in Bhutan is a feasible proposal.
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Need for upgrading of reservoirs
Date: 12/18/2009
In connection with NGI's co-operation project on "Dam Safety" with the Central Soil and Materials Research Station, Ministry of Water Resources, New Delhi, a workshop was held in Pune, India on "Risk Assessment for Dams".
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Slide evaluations in El Salvador
Date: 12/4/2009
The Hurricane IDA which hit El Salvador in November led to a series of landslides. On assignment from the World Bank, NGI has contributed to finding measures to reduce the risk for similar incidents in the future.
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Simulations of the tsunami on Samoa
Date: 10/1/2009
NGI and International Centre for Geohazards (ICG) have made numerical simulations of generation and propagation of the tsunami which hit the Pacific islands Samoa and American Samoa on Wednesday morning Norwegian time.
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MoU with Anna University in India and NGI
Date: 9/25/2009
NGI has signed an MoU with Anna University to enhance its existing technical cooperation on disaster risk reduction.
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Nepal Hazard Risk Assessment Project
Date: 9/17/2009
NGI/ICG was represented in Nepal when the project "Nepal Hazard Risk Assessment Project", financed by the World Bank, had its start up meeting in Kathmandu 10th September.
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Lead author of an IPCC Special Report
Date: 9/15/2009
Dr. Farrokh Nadim has been selected as a Lead Author of a chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on "Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation" (SREX).
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SUCCESS-knockdown on CO2 storage
Date: 2/6/2009
In cooperation with a Norwegian research group, NGI was awarded funding from The Norwegian Research Council for a research program for CO2 storage.
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PhD in Numerical modelling of tsunamis
Date: 4/16/2008
Find Løvholt defended his thesis "Numerical modelling of tsunami generation and propagation" for the degree of Ph. D. (philosophiae doctor) at the University of Oslo, Friday, April 25, 2009.
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Solid background for Moss airport Rygge
Date: 2/13/2008
Moss airport Rygge has opened for the public after almost ten years project work. The ground conditions in the area are considered as very difficult, but NGI's engagement has contributed to a safe and stable foundation for the airport.
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ISO standard meeting on railway vibration specifications at NGI
Date: 6/4/2008
During the period of 2 to 3rd of June 2008, NGI has been the host of ISO-sponsored international group that deals with the specifications for the area of "Mechanical vibration - ground borne noise and vibration arising from the rail systems".
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Landslide at Lyngen can cause flood waves
Date: 2/25/2008
A potential landslide from Nordnes at the transition area between Lyngen and Storfjordenin Troms can generate large flood waves (tsunami).
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It is raining good quality drinking water
Date: 6/22/2009
According to a 2008 survey in Norway, the water purifying facilities of Øvre Årdal municipality produce the best quality drinking water from an underground water source in Norway.
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Tunnels against landslides in Bhutan
Date: 1/17/2008
A study carried out by NGI and the Department of Geology and Mines (DGM) in Bhutan, concludes that it is possible to build new road tunnels to replace much of the road network exposed to slides and rockfall in Bhutan.
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Contamination require local solutions
Date: 1/17/2008
Contamination of the bottom sediments in fjords and harbours should primarily be solved with locally adapted measures. This is one of the preliminary conclusions of a major research project at NGI.
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Windmill installation in the North Sea
Date: 8/17/2009
On assignment for Norwind, NGI has contributed to the installation of offshore windmills from a platform in the German sector in the North Sea. NGI has verified the installations of piles for the foundations of the windmills.
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Launch of "Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction" at NGI
Date: 6/5/2009
The UN-ISDR has prepared the "Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction", and had a launch events at NGI in Oslo 4. June.
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NGI at OTC 2009 in Houston
Date: 5/6/2009
NGI is also this year represented with several lectures during the OTC 2009 conferance, arranged in Houston, Texas 4-7 May. A reception for NGI's clients and cooperating companies will be held at the ZaZA Hotel on Wednesday May 6.
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Suzanne Lacasse awarded J.B. Sterling Medal
Date: 4/3/2009
Suzanne Lacasse has been awarded the John B. Sterling Medal in recognition of leadership and distinguished service at the national level with the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and/or its Member Societies.
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NGI signs agreement with the World Bank
Date: 3/27/2009
A Memorandum of understanding for a collaborative alliance on disaster risk reduction related to various natural hazards was signed this week.
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CPT resistivity surveys to map quick clay
Date: 2/11/2009
A CPT with resistivity measurement has been developed as a tool to map quick clay depsits. Quick clay may be a serious geohazard in Scandinavia and North America.
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Natural Disaster Mitigation in the Caribbean
Date: 11/28/2008
Together with the University of the West Indies (UWI), NGI and ICG have carried out a project on capacity building for natural disaster mitigation in the Caribbean. A project seminar 4-5 December in Barbados will mark the end of the project.
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ICG appointed to World Centre of Excellence
Date: 11/21/2008
ICG (International Centre for Geohazards) was appointed to World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction, together with several other institutions at The First World Landslide Forum in Tokyo 18-21 November.
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Georadar investigations on dam in India
Date: 11/7/2008
NGI will make georadar investigations of the dam core of the newly built Tehri Dam, 200 km north of New Delhi. The 261 m highTehri Dam is number eight on the list of the highest dams in the world.
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Landslide seminar in Thailand
Date: 10/14/2008
In cooperation with Pakistan Geological Survey and ADPC (Asian Disaster Prearedness Centre), NGI is arranging a regional seminar in Bankok 13-14 Octobre 2008.
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GeoSuite - geotechnical software package
Date: 10/7/2008
GeoSuite is a cooperation project between Norwegian and Swedish geotechnical communities, for development of a software package for geotechnical analysis and design. The work started in 2003 and is now near completion.
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NGI signs agreement with China on prevention of natural disasters
Date: 8/12/2008
Deputy Director General Dr. Zhang Hongtao from the China Geological Survey (CGS) and Managing Director Suzanne Lacasse at the NGI, the 11 of august signed an agreement on a new project named 'Cooperation for Mitigation of Geohazards'.
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Geo-disaster capacity building between NGI and Vietnam National University
Date: 6/6/2008
Vietnam National University (VNU) and NGI signed an agreement concerning related to Environment and Energy Development.
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NGI into airborne EM surveys
Date: 5/20/2008
Onshore geophysical activities at NGI are increasing: As an advisor to DNO International ASA, NGI is planning, supervising and interpreting an Airborne Electromagnetic (EM) survey over an area of some 2.000 km2 in central Mozambique.
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Increased bilateral R&D cooperation - India and Norway
Date: 5/5/2008
Norway and India signed an agreement for increased bilateral co-operation in the areas of science and technology in November 2006.
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NGI reception at OTC 2008
Date: 5/5/2008
NGI is having its traditional reception during the OTC in Houston, on Wednesday May 7 at the ZaZa Hotel.
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Making PLAXIS even better
Date: 9/1/2007
NGI and PLAXIS BV have become strategic cooperation partners. This is a starting point to cooperate project-wise on advanced numerical models for geo-engineering applications.
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Appointed Professor II at NTNU
Date: 5/5/2008
Dr. Hans Petter Jostad has been appointed to a Professor II position in geotechnical engineering.