New litterature added to the SGI-Line Database in April

  (2013-03-28)
The latest literature in the SGI-Line Database Take part of the latest literature added to the SGI-Line Database, containing some 75, 000 references to geotechnical and geoenvironmental literature. Read the April (2013) list of New Literature           More information about the SGI-Line Database >> Search publications in the litterature database SGI-Line >>

Better results with new SGI large-diameter sampler in normal and high sensitive clay

  (2013-02-04)
Better results with new SGI large-diameter sampler in normal and high sensitive clay 2013-02-04 A new large diameter “block” sampler has been designed at SGI. The aim is to obtain good quality samples even in easily disturbed clay. The sampler is a hybrid between the Laval sampler and a modified NGI 200 mm sampler. To study the differences in test results from samples taken by this SGI...

New SGI-report concerning strength in clay

  (2013-01-31)
New SGI-report concerning strength in clay 2013-01-31 The recently published SGI-report "Strength degradation of clay due to cyclic loadings and enforced deformation" deals with the question of how fast the undrained shear strength in clay is broken down by cyclic loads and enforced deformations, commonly termed the rapidity of the soil, and risks in connection with this. The report presents...

Investigation shows: Twenty-five percent higher risk of landslide in the Göta river valley due to climate change

  (2012-09-07)
Investigation shows:Twenty-five percent higher risk of landslide in the Göta river valley due to climate change The risk of landslides is already high at some places in the Göta river valley, and climate change means even higher risk. Twenty-five percent of the mapped areas have a higher risk level by the year 2100, unless actions are taken. Landslide scars are frequent along the river bank of...

New research article: Mass transportation of contaminated soil released into surface water by landslides

  (2012-07-09)
New research article: Mass transportation of contaminated soil released into surface water by landslides2012-07-06 Gunnel Göransson and David Bendz, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Magnus Larson and Maria Åkesson, Lund University, are authors of the article "Mass transport of contaminated soil released Into surface water by landslides (Gota River, Sweden)." The article has recently been...

SGI and ISCOWA arranged WASCON 2012 in Gothenburg

  (2012-06-25)
SGI and ISCOWA arranged WASCON 2012 in Gothenburg

Call: Sustainable Development of Urban Underground Infrastructure

  (2012-04-20)
Call: Sustainable Development of Urban Underground Infrastructure   Sweden is facing major challenges given that large scale investments in underground infrastructure must be made during the next decades. As the migration to our cities progress, there is an increasing demand on land for the development of infrastructure, housing, commercial and other services, recreation and industrial areas....

SGI presents report on tools for considering soíl movement in a climate change

  (2012-04-04)
SGI presents report on tools for considering soil movements in a climate change   A recent report by SGI, The Swedish Geotechnical Institute, presents tools and models that can be used concerning soil movements. Tools from several countries are presented briefly together with a more comprehensive tool. SGI has, on behalf of the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR) in Sweden,...

The latest literature in the SGI-Line Database

  (2012-02-03)
The latest literature in the SGI-Line Database   Take part of the latest literature added to the SGI-Line Database, containing some 75, 000 references to geotechnical and geoenvironmental literature. Read the list New Literature

Invitation to seminar: sustainable construction products and materials - forthcoming legislation

  (2011-10-04)
Invitation to seminar: Sustainable construction products and materials - forthcoming legislation 2011-10-04 The objective of this workshop is to address key legal issues at EU level for proving environmental safety of construction products entering the market. The workshop provides information on new coming legislation related to CE marking and priority substances of concern in...

Launching of a new startpage - there may be some disruption during the day

  (2011-09-15)
Launching of a new homepage - there may be some disruption during the day 2011-09-15 Today we are launching a new homepage with a new and better design. A calendar with a selection of Swedish and international courses and conferenses is new on hand. Please excuse any disruption while working with the homepage. New calendar featureIn the calendar you will find current Swedish and international...

Matrix decision support tool for evaluation of environmental, social and economic aspect of land use

  (2011-04-15)
New publication - SGI Varia 613 Matrix Decision Support Tool for Evaluation of Environmental, Social and Economic Aspects of Land Use This report describes a transparent methodology, intended as a decision support tool to facilitate decision making related to land use. Download PDF-document here>> See previous publications in english>>

Further work on short-term support

  (2011-01-25)
Further work on short-term support2011-01-25

Mapping subsidence in an urban area with different inSAR and comparing with traditional methods

  (2010-06-10)
Varia 610 - Mapping subsidence in an urban area with Differential InSAR and comparing with traditional methods – test area Gothenburg 2010-06-10

Biofuel production on contaminated land

  (2009-06-16)
Biofuel production on contaminated land Varia 599 - Biofuel and other biomass based products from contaminated sites - Potentials and barriers from Swedish perspectives Varia 600 - Environmental impact assessment of biofuel production on contaminadted land - Swedish case studies

Thesis on pore pressure levels - New SGI report

  (2009-04-30)
Thesis on pore pressure levels Estimation of pore pressure levels in slope stability calculations: Analyses and modelling of groundwater level fluctuations inconfined aquifers along the Swedish west coast. Order here>>

New money to SGI

  (2009-03-19)
More than 100 million SEK extra to SGI for three years Starting in 2009, SGI has been allocated an extra Government subsidy of 35 million SEK (approximately 3.2 million euro) a year for three years. According to the directives, the money should be used for mapping the landslide circumstances in the region along the Göta Älv valley as well as for some precautionary and educational measures in...

New varia 596

  (2009-03-19)
Report from the PREVIEW project This report describes Swedish experiences of the work related to landslides within the Swedish test sites, Vagnhärad and Sundsvall, of the EC funded PREVIEW project (PREVention, Information and Early Warning).

New thesis

  (2008-12-01)
Undrained shear strength in clay slopes In October 2008, Hjördis Löfroth defended her thesis "Undrained shear strength in clay slopes – Influence of stress conditions. A model and field test study". The defence was held at Chalmers University of Technology and the opponent was Prof. Kåre Senneset from NTNU, Norway. Open the report here or order it.

Net license for new version of CONRAD

  (2008-09-29)
CONRAD 3.0 is here! Buy a net license now.

65.000 references in SGI Line

  (2007-12-19)
65.000 references in SGI Line SGI-Line is the worlds most complete literature database containing references to international geotechnical and geoenvionmental literature in a broad context, from practical solutions to theoretical analysis.

New Best Practice Handbook from the RUFUS-project

  (2007-04-27)
Best Practice Handbook is released from the Eu-project ReUse of Foundations for Urban Sites (RUFUS). The project has aimed at providing ways to overcome the barriers, both technical and non-technical, to the re-use of foundations for sustainable development. The RuFUS Handbook summarising best practice in foundation reuse and is now available for purchase along with the conference...

New literature

  (2007-04-27)
Conferences  - in the field of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering   New Literature The latest literature in the SGI-Line Database   SGI-publications SGI Report, SGI Varia and SGI Information