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Printout homes using new techniques: the rise of 3D-printed houses
- Aug, 18, 2021
- Structural Design Structure Reinforcement Concrete Structures Sustainable Development News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, California
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Palari Homes and Mighty Buildings company is using a new technique to build houses within 24 hours. They use 3-D printing to prefabricate house components and assemble them in a factory. The last two...
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Vancouver fire hall achieves Zero Carbon emissions
- Aug, 06, 2021
- Structural Systems Structural Design News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
As the Canada Green Building Council’s Zero Carbon Building Program is on the act, the city of Vancouver face the challenge to build a structure that meets the design certification requirements of th...
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Engineers developing the framework of a three-level system of inspection
- Aug, 05, 2021
- Concrete Structures Structural Design Structural Behavior Structural Reliability News On Research / Academia News On Failures
- United States, Florida
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
After the devastating collapse of the Surfside condo which cost the life of at least 100 people in Miami, the necessity for the engineers to prevent such incidents is more urgent than ever. Because o...
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Researchers in New Zealand develop a new 'rocking' technology for earthquake-resilient bridges
- Jul, 08, 2021
- Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Structural Behavior Bridge Design
- New Zealand
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A new “rocking” technology that could make bridges more resilient to earthquakes has been developed by researchers in New Zealand. Their so-called ‘low-damage solution’ has a series of rocking bridge...
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Closure of I-40 bridge in Memphis after cracks appear
- May, 26, 2021
- Bridge Management Bridge Design Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Design Structural Health Monitoring Beams Trusses Steel Structures Structural Analysis Fatigue Structural Behavior Repair And Retrofit Of Structures
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) released photos of a crack on the Hernando de Soto Bridge. The structure is part of Interstate 40 crossing the Mississippi River at Memphis. The br...
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Researchers use photos and new AI tool to calculate stress and strain fields of materials
- Apr, 28, 2021
- Structural Behavior Structural Analysis Structural Health Monitoring Structural Reliability Structural Optimization Performance-Based Design Structural Design Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a method to determine stress and strain distributions within a material based on an image depicting its internal structure. The...
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A 29-meter-long 3D printed bridge is under construction in the Netherlands
- Apr, 05, 2021
- Bridge Design Structural Design Structural Optimization Concrete Structures News On Projects / Industry
- Netherlands, Nijmegen
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
The world's longest 3D printed pedestrian concrete bridge is currently under construction in the Netherlands. The structure will be placed in the city of Nijmegen, one of Holland’s oldest cities....
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Structural Engineering meeting Nature: Western Australia’s Kalbarri Skywalks
- Mar, 03, 2021
- Structural Design Structural Systems Decks News On Projects / Industry
- Australia, Kalbarri
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
Using innovative structural engineering design solutions and being blended into the natural environment, the Kalbarri Skywalks in Western Australia opened to the public in June 2020. The steel cantil...
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Landmark Double-arch Steel Bridge Erected for Cross Bay Link in Hong Kong
- Mar, 01, 2021
- Bridge Design Bridges Structural Design Steel Structures News On Projects / Industry
- Hong Kong
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
A signature, prefabricated double-arch steel bridge (“Eternity Arch”), which will be part of the Cross Bay Link, Tseung Kwan O, was erected on February 26th 2021 in Hong Kong. Upon completion, it wil...
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Leslie E. Robertson (1928-2021) - Renowned Structural Engineer of World Trade Center
- Feb, 24, 2021
- Structural Design News On Projects / Industry
- United States, California , San Mateo
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
A decorated figure within the Structural Engineering profession, Leslie ‘Les’ Robertson passed away, aged 92, on February 11th 2021 in San Mateo, California. Robertson, who pioneered the structura...
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