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Field Manager - The future of ground data management

Field Manager organises all data from ground investigations and makes it easily accessible and useful. 

Field Manager is an open and cloud-based platform for geotechnical ground survey data used in projects by leading industry companies.

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News

03.09.2026

Warming is changing the risk landscape in the Himalayas

Preliminary analyses indicate that a massive rock-and-ice avalanche triggered the devastating flood along the Nepal–Tibet border on 26 August 2026. “The precise sequence of events has yet to be established. Even so, the disaster shows how warming, unstable high-mountain terrain and growing development in downstream valleys can combine to increase risk,” says Arnkjell Løkke, Head of Dam Safety at NGI.

02.09.2026

Why some buildings collapse in an earthquake while others stay standing

The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June 2026, collapsing buildings across northern Venezuela, from Yaracuy state to Caracas, have revived a question that follows every major quake: why do some buildings fall while others nearby remain standing?

21.08.2026

Doctoral Thesis: How frost heave in the railway track can be mitigated

A new doctoral thesis at NTNU finds that almost 70 percent of isolated track defects along the Trondheim–Støren line are caused by frost heave rather than settlement, with the culverts beneath the track as the main cause.

06.07.2026

Less than two per cent of PFAS emissions can be removed

A new peer-reviewed study shows that even highly costly treatment can remove only a vanishingly small share of Europe's PFAS pollution.

24.06.2026

NGI signs cooperation agreement with Japan’s OYO Corporation

The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and Japan’s OYO Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Tokyo on 3 June. The agreement sets a framework for joint projects, joint research, and knowledge sharing in offshore wind, and supports NGI’s entry into the fast-growing Japanese market.

24.06.2026

Could Norwegian bedrock become a future local store for CO₂, and “conjure” carbon away?

Norway holds large deposits of so-called reactive volcanic rock. Researchers and industry partners are now investigating whether these rocks could be used to store smaller volumes of CO₂ onshore in Norway, close to where the emissions occur. When that happens, something rather elegant unfolds in nature’s own chemistry: the rock reacts with the carbon, and it turns to stone.

Project examples

ProWind - Norwegian Infrastructure Platform for Foundation Technology Research in Offshore Wind

ProWind aims to strengthen Norway’s role in offshore wind and establish a unique national infrastructure for research dedicated to offshore wind.

SAFERCLAY: SAFER coexistence in quick CLAY areas

SAFERCLAY is a research project focusing on developing methods to assess changes in quick clay landslide risk with time. SAFERCLAY will provide a new approach for adapted and sustainable risk management for living and building in quick clay areas, including recommendations to ensure both public and environmental safety.

MINEYE - Earth observation techniques for mine life cycle monitoring

The MINEYE project aims to optimize European mining operations by addressing the entire mining value chain, from explorations to mine closure. The project will develop tools for visualization and decision-making, supported by dynamic updates of Earth Observation data and knowledge using machine learning and digital twin technologies.