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04.05.2026

NGI’s first Annual and Sustainability Report launched

NGI has published its first combined Annual and Sustainability Report, approved by the Board on 25 March.

04.05.2026

TWIST: NGI develops a digital twin for landslide risk along transport corridors.

The NGI project TWIST combines real-time data from satellites, weather stations, and ground monitoring to create a virtual replica of Norwegian infrastructure. The aim is to give decision-makers a precise, scientifically grounded picture of landslide risk, updated in real time.

01.05.2026

Nova Scotia: NGI maps seabed risks for Canadian offshore wind

A scientific paper from NGI on subsurface conditions off the coast of Nova Scotia was hand-picked from hundreds of submissions and recently published in an international peer-reviewed journal.

29.04.2026

Measuring ground reinforcement with fiber optics

Cement-based ground reinforcement makes soft clay safe to build on, but excess cement use generates unnecessary carbon emissions. By casting thin fiber-optic cables into the ground, Sølve Hov has now documented exactly how the ground deforms under load.

23.04.2026

Only one of twelve bolts held: Researcher wants artificial intelligence to secure Norwegian rock cuttings

When a rock cutting collapsed onto the E18 motorway in Larvik, investigations revealed that eleven of twelve rock bolts had not reached stable bedrock.

21.04.2026

Ensuring quality in the world's deepest road tunnel

392 meters below sea level, crews are blasting what will become the world's longest and deepest undersea road tunnel. Statens vegvesen has engaged NGI to conduct independent quality control throughout the construction of the massive tunnel project.

21.04.2026

NGI maps the foundations for what will be Europe's Largest offshore wind farm

A hundred kilometers from the British coast, developers are building one of the world's largest offshore wind farms. NGI leads the work to understand the ground it will stand on, a subsurface that holds nearly half a million years of climate history.

15.04.2026

Found a new method for measuring the protective effect of forests against landslides

Amanda DiBiagio has developed a calculation tool that, for the first time, makes it possible to quantify how much forests contribute to stabilising steep slopes in Norway.

27.03.2026

The siblings who found their future in geotechnical engineering

Sajida Ali Rizai (23) and Sarfaraz Ali Rizai (25) have followed each other since primary school. Now they are both about to finish their master’s degrees in geotechnical engineering at OsloMet – and this autumn they’ll start as full-time employees at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI).