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Japan Begins Building Ice Wall at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Construction is underway on a 1.5-kilometer long ice wall surrounding the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan. The ice wall will prevent ground water flowing from nearby hills from mixing with the pollut...
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Ensure you will not run out of cylinder molds with Humboldt!
Cylinder molds weight little but take up space, therefore shipping costs are expensive, commonly leading you to have large orders of cylinder molds shipped by truck. But what if you need extra molds a...
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TrussMe! Ipad App Lets Users Become Structural Engineers
There is an app in the Apple App Store that allows users of all ages and experience level, play the role of a structural engineer. TrussMe!, created by Scientific Monkey, provides players with a load...
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New York Tomorrow Skyscraper Proposal
- Jun, 03, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- New York, New York, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
New York Tomorrow, submitted by architects from the firm Fundamental, recently received runner-up honors in Metropolis Magazine’s Living Cities Competition. The magazine’s competition is open to...
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Thousands of Los Angeles buildings may need to be seismically retrofitted after PEER report
A decade after the identification of potentially vulnerable concrete school buildings across the state of California, a new report published by UC Berkeley based Pacific Earthquake Engineering Re...
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Willis Tower Skydeck Glass Appears To Crack
- May, 30, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The Willis Tower Skydeck is one of the most popular and unique tourist attractions in Chicago. The Skydeck features four boxes known as The Ledge that allows visitors to step outside of the Willis Tow...
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The latest May issue of TheStructuralEngineer.info newsletter is out !
TheStructuralEngineer.info is pleased to announce the May issue #83 of the monthly newsletter ! In this May issue, you will find the latest industry news, of interest to structural engineer...
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The latest June issue of TheStructuralEngineer.info newsletter is out !
TheStructuralEngineer.info is pleased to announce the June issue #84 of the monthly newsletter ! In June's issue, you will find the latest industry news of interest to structural engineers, directl...
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Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Receives TIFIA Loan
- May, 29, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The $1.2 billion Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement project recently got underway in Long Beach, California. The project will replace the existing 46-year old bridge with a newer, wider bridge that wil...
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Vermont Interstate Project to Use Lateral Slide Construction
- May, 27, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Burlington, Vermont
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Construction is about to begin on the first project in Vermont to use lateral slide construction. The project will build two new bridges over interstate 91 near Burlington, Vermont. The two bridges wi...
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