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A smarter fire-resistant coating for safer steel structures
- Apr, 27, 2026
- Sustainable Development Other Structural Steel Structures News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia Other News Structural Behavior
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Fire safety remains a critical consideration across multiple sectors, including construction and energy storage. Structural steel must maintain integrity under high temperatures, while lithium-ion bat...
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Denmark’s tallest timber tower: Future of circular, low-carbon architecture
- Mar, 20, 2026
- Wood Structures Other Structural Wind Engineering Structural Design Performance-Based Design Sustainable Development Bridge Abutments News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News News On Awards
- Denmark
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
In Denmark’s second-largest city, a former industrial harbor has been transformed into a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood. At its center stands a roughly 260-foot-tall building that tackles one of arch...
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YII Envision Award Winner | GeoStruxer’s digital twin cuts piles by 70% and CO2 by 44%
- Mar, 02, 2026
- Foundations News On Projects / Industry News On Software Slabs Tendons Nonlinear Analysis Sustainable Development
- Saudi Arabia, Jazan
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Jazan, located on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, is home to a vital 12,000-square-meter operational grain warehouse that serves as a critical food security hub. The original foundation, a slab-on...
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Finnish Startup Carbonaide raises $4.4M to turn concrete into a carbon sink
- Jan, 29, 2026
- Concrete Structures Other Structural News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News Sustainable Development
- Finland
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Carbonaide, a startup based in Finland, has raised $4.4 million (€3.7 million) to grow its carbon-negative concrete business. The funding was led by existing investors, e.g. Vantaan Energia, Redstone...
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Ghana to begin construction of record-breaking Volivo Bridge with Japanese support
- Jan, 23, 2026
- Bridges Bridge Design Other Structural Performance-Based Design Sustainable Development Standards And Design Codes News On Awards News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Ghana
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Ghana is preparing to begin construction of the Volivo Bridge, a major infrastructure project expected to become the tallest road bridge in the country, following high-level talks with the Japan Inte...
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Saudi Arabia’s JEC Tower nears 100 floors on its rise to become the world’s tallest skyscraper
- Jan, 18, 2026
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Standards And Design Codes Other Structural Structural Behavior Sustainable Development News On Awards News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Construction on what is set to become the tallest building on the planet is quickly nearing a significant checkpoint. Saudi Arabia’s JEC Tower is closing in on the 100-floor mark, bringing it one ste...
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Carbon-negative building material developed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers could reshape sustainable construction
- Dec, 06, 2025
- Sustainable Development Other Structural News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia News On Publications Other News
- United States, Massachusetts, Worcester
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have created a carbon-negative construction material that may play a major role in the future of sustainable building. Their findings, published i...
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Burnaby housing project: Ottawa lends $763 million to build 1,300 rental units
- Oct, 17, 2025
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural Structural Stability Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services News On Awards Other News
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A $763-million low-interest loan from the federal government is helping to fund the construction of two large rental towers in Burnaby, a key part of Grosvenor’s three-block Brentwood Block redevelop...
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ZIN in No(o)rd named world’s best skyscraper of 2025 by CVU
- Oct, 11, 2025
- Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The ZIN in No(o)rd project in Brussels has been awarded the prestigious title of “Best High-Rise Building in the World 2025” by the Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU, formerly CTBUH). The announcemen...
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Construction of Slovenia’s tallest office building to be started
- Oct, 07, 2025
- Structural Design Underground Structures Structural Stability Structural Behavior Other Structural Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry News On Awards Other News
- Slovenia, Ljubljana
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Strabag, Austria’s largest construction company, has secured a €134 million contract to develop a major project in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The plan includes a 100-metre-high office tower, a shopping cen...
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