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North America's tallest timber building in Toronto, Canada
- Oct, 19, 2022
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- Canada, Toronto
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Icon Architects unveiled the design of a 90 meters tall timber tower in Toronto, Canada, which would become, once completed, North America's tallest building made of wood. Named the "191-199 College...
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Seismic isolation: engineers launch a new building system to protect houses in an earthquake
- Oct, 12, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Structural Design News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News Other Structural Structural Stability
- New Zealand, Christchurch
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A University of Canterbury team, led by Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Professor Tim Sullivan and postdoctoral fellow Tom Francis, tested a prototype of the system last year. The results w...
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Proposal for Oakland residential tower: it would be city’s tallest building
- Oct, 15, 2022
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- United States, California , Oakland
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Plans have been submitted for an East Bay housing high rise that, if built, will become Oakland's tallest building. The proposal for the development, named Town Tower, was submitted by real estate...
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3D printing: team of flying robots to build structures
- Oct, 09, 2022
- Bridges Structural Design Other Structural News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- United Kingdom
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Teams of airborne 3D-printing drones could one day be used to complete construction projects in dangerous or hard-to-reach environments – thanks to new technologies developed by researchers led by Mi...
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Chaplin Station Grouting Project
- Oct, 10, 2022
- Underground Structures Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Canada, Toronto
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
When unexpected movement and ground disturbance occurred following drilled shaft installation, Keller performed preventative grouting to keep the project on track. Chaplin is a new underground statio...
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Earthquake damage in Groningen: 3,300 buildings demolished since 2012
- Sep, 27, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Concrete Structures Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Failures News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/phenomena Other News
- Netherlands, Groningen
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Over 3,300 buildings have been demolished in Groningen since 2012, when the strongest earthquake since gas drilling began hit the province, broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday. The buildings which...
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South Shore Water Reclamation Facility Excavation Support Project
- Sep, 26, 2022
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- United States, Wisconsin, Oak Creek
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The South Shore Water Reclamation Facility on the coast of Long Island, New York, is undergoing a major upgrade to redirect treated effluent away from the Western Bays – where nitrogen-rich effluent...
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Structural Engineering Finalists in the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
- Sep, 20, 2022
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The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. Eleven independent jury panels se...
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Building walls with demolition waste - the poetry of Cyclopean concrete
- Sep, 16, 2022
- Concrete Structures Sustainable Development Structure Reinforcement Structural Behavior News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News Walls Thin Wall Structures
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Ancient cyclopean walls were built by overlapping raw stones, supported one on the other, without the use of mortar. The name derives from the Cyclops, the giants of Greek mythology, as their constru...
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Congo: Bridge collapses during ribbon-cutting ceremony
- Sep, 07, 2022
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Failures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Republic of the Congo
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Sharply-suited dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge in the Congolese capital on Monday only for the structure to collapse beneath their feet to the barely concealed delight of onlookers, v...
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