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09.05.2025

New Online Guide for Leachate Management

Even though we sort our trash and recycle materials, too much waste remains in landfills. Many landfills are from before we started sorting and recycling our waste. Both old and new landfills produce contaminated leachate.

30.04.2025

Beredt! to Strengthen Norway's Climate Resilience

The research project Beredt! aims to further develop current tools for natural hazard warnings by combining scientific expertise with local knowledge.

24.04.2025

On an IUG Mission to Uganda to Investigate How Technology Can Help People on the Run

"The mission gave me valuable experience as a mentor, insight into humanitarian work, the importance of innovation, and how to bring out the human perspectives in research," says Nellie Sofie Body from NGI – Norwegian Geotechnical Institute about the mission for Engineers Without Borders Norway (IUG).

28.03.2025

Together in Building and Living with Quick Clay

About 75 percent of Norway's population lives in areas with quick clay. The research project SAFERCLAY aims to develop methods to assess how the risk of landslides changes over time.

18.03.2025

NGI Introduces New Fully Electric Drilling Rig

GMe100 is the name, and it is designed to perform all geotechnical drilling methods, including core sampling of bedrock.

27.02.2025

The Future Foundation for Sustainable Offshore Wind

The Green Platform project WindRise aims to realize sustainable and cost-effective solutions for the large-scale deployment of offshore wind substructures.

26.02.2025

NGI Invited Lecture Series: Prof. Kenichi Soga

The lecture will present several case studies demonstrating how distributed sensing data can provide geotechnical insights, enabling us to adapt to ever-changing demands.

24.02.2025

Aspiring Geotechnical Engineers with Part-Time Jobs at the NGI Lab

Sajida Ali Rizai is pursuing a master's degree in geotechnics at OsloMet. Maryam Sadat is applying for the same specialization after three years in the civil engineering program.

A man stands in front of a building project.
20.02.2025

How Are NGI's New Technical Areas Planned?

In the summer of 2026, NGI will relocate to Campus Ullevål, where the laboratories will serve as the "heart" of the new premises. How is lab manager Morten Sjursen and his team working to create the best possible facilities? And what can we expect?