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Minnesota Vikings Add $19.7 million to Stadium Contribution
- Aug, 27, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The Minnesota Vikings announced last week that they plan to add $19.7 million to their contribution towards building a new stadium for the NFL team. Vikings Vice President Lester Bagley made the annou...
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California Earthquake Buckles Roads, Bridges Remain Safe
- Aug, 25, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Napa, California, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Napa Valley region on Sunday and injured at least 172 people. The earthquake left many cracked roads, damaged buildings, and broken wine bottles. The earthqu...
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Hayward Baker receives PCI Plant Certification
North America's leader in geotechnical construction, Hayward Baker, recently announced that the New England office in the Providence Metro area received the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute's (P...
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Multi-Modal Bridge Being Built in Portland Bans Cars
- Aug, 25, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Portland, Oregon, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Construction is currently underway on the country’s first multi-modal bridge that bans private cars. Instead of carrying private vehicle traffic, the bridge will carry MAX light rail trains, Portland’...
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Video: Amazing View From Top of John Hancock Antenna
- Aug, 19, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Chicago Ironworker Danny Drozd has spent 13 years working on various jobs around the city of Chicago including the Trump Tower, McCormick Place, and other skyscrapers. He realized he had a tough...
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Historic Oregon Bridge For Sale
If anyone is in the market for purchasing an old bridge here is your chance. Multnomah county in Oregon has put the 88-year-old Sellwood Bridge up for sale until September 12th. The bridge is Ore...
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Bentley Institute Press announces the publication of Principles of Structural Analysis – Static and Dynamic Loads
Bentley Institute Press, publisher of cutting-edge university textbooks and professional reference works for the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC), operations, geospatial, and educati...
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MDOT Completes State’s First Bridge Slide
Despite taking nearly 23 hours, more than double the anticipated time to complete the slide, the Michigan Department of Transportation successfully completed the state’s first slide-in bridge replacem...
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Miami’s Brickell Center Tower Nearly Half Sold
- Aug, 11, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Miami, Florida, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Despite only being half completed, the Brickell Center Tower in Miami is already the city’s most anticipated project. The building is part of the $1.05 billion mixed-use project developed by Hon...
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Northeastern University Researchers Developed System to Find Pothol
Researchers from Northeastern University in Boston have developed a system that can detect potholes before they occur. Drivers in the northern state run over countless potholes every winter. Many of t...
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