The Salmon Creek Dam is receiving some much-deserved recognition as the first constant angle concrete arch dam in the country. It is now being dedicated as a National Historic Civil Engineering ...

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, ...

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 ...

Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. OROVILLE — The American Society of Civil Engineers has recognized the Oroville Dam rebuild as one of 10 outstanding civil ...

U.S. dam safety frameworks have helped to prevent major calamities, but the May collapse of the 95-year-old Edenville Dam in Michigan illustrates that key failure risks remain—often involving many ...

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 ...

In Episode 1845 of Cut The Clutter, The Print Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the tilt of Bhakra dam while glossing ...

On Oct. 22, students from CU Boulder's engineering geology class (CVEN 3698) embarked on a field trip to explore the Chimney Hollow Dam project, an active construction site located to the west of ...

DELHI - Six years ago when floodwaters destroyed the Lake Delhi dam, many of the residents in the small Delaware County community of Delhi - population 470 - feared the dam would never be rebuilt and ...

Civil engineering students learn about infrastructure and the technical aspects of urban and rural land development, in preparation to become a Professional Engineer. Civil engineers design roads and ...

Build a better world—literally. UB's civil engineering program is for students who get excited about things like designing earthquake-resistant skyscrapers, creating climate-resilient water systems, ...