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Innovative strategies in earthquake-resistant building design: ensuring safety and structural integrity

The major concern that engineers and architects have when they design a new building is to ensure that it will withstand seismic forces and have a remarkable resistance. They manage the above by desi...

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa: Ingenious design and ongoing stability efforts

The Tower of Pisa, since its completion in 1372, has continually leaned. However, due to intentional design decision the risk of toppling has been reduced. The constructors ingeniously shaped it like...

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ATX Tower, Austin: Pioneering Performance-Based Wind Design in High-Rise Construction

The University of Texas at Austin designed the ATX Tower, the first high-rise to incorporate the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design (PBWD). Curre...

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Depreciation models to accelerate the building construction

Research that has been conducted by a team from the University of Bristol and published in the journal Structures claims that high-rise buildings are thoroughly constructed to withstand wind forces....

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Sustainable materials can be used in construction to decrease environmental pollution

Efforts to reduce emissions in the building sector typically focus on operational aspects like heating and lighting. Now the attention is shifting towards the environmental impact of materials themse...

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Canada: The first three-story concrete building was constructed with the aid of 3D printing

A three-story 3D-printed building, spanning an area of 420m2 and rising to 12.5m from its foundation to the roof's apex, is located near Toronto. Nidus3D has constructed three complete levels of conc...

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Saudi Arabia: world's first partially 3D-printed mosque was constructed

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has achieved a significant milestone by unveiling the world's first partially 3D-printed mosque. According to reports, the project, spanning an area of 5,600 square meters...

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New study to reinforce concrete with textiles instead of steel published by Sweden researchers

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have invented a method aimed at simplifying scale analysis, thus facilitating the construction of more textile-reinforced concrete structure...

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Birmingham: A new 47-storey skyscraper is going to be constructed after the approval of last Thursday

The approval for constructing a 47-storey skyscraper on Broad Street was granted by Birmingham City Council's planning committee on Thursday. The skyscraper is planned to reach a height of 145m, and...

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Italy to start the construction of the longest suspension bridge in the world

The construction of the suspension bridge connecting Sicily and mainland Italy, which has been delayed for nearly a decade, might finally start this year after the recent approval of the design provi...

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