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Hayward Baker: Seaworld Electric Eel
Hayward Baker completed the construction of the Electric Eel roller coaster a week ahead of schedule and without causing harm to adjacent sensitive exhibits. SeaWorld San Diego’s 2018 constructio...
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Could linking Scotland and Northern Ireland by a bridge become a reality?
Such a project is ‘feasible’ and has ‘exceptional’ business potential, says top architect Plans to build an automobile and train connection between Scotland and Northern Ireland were first anno...
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Could circular runways revolutionize air travel?
The new airport concept, called ‘the endless runway’, could be used in all wind conditions, since there is always a point without a crosswind on the circular track ‘The Endless Runway’ is a...
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View from above: World’s longest glass bridge just opened in Hebei, China
The spectacular footpath is 488 meters (1,601 feet) long, breaking the previous record by 58 m (191 feet) It is the world’s longest glass suspension bridge and features a ‘swaying sensation...
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Flats hosted inside water pipes may be a solution to Hong Kong's housing crisis
A local architect, with his ‘Opod Tube Housing’ project, aims to build low-cost, stackable apartments using sections of 2.5m-wide concrete water pipes For the past 12 straight months, home pric...
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A small-scale company in Zanzibar transforms waste glass into bricks
The initiative started as a way to deal with the large quantities of waste glass that are produced on the island and stay untreated, ending up into the natural surroundings Thousands of tourist...
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Video with the most captivating 2017 Structural Engineering News
Thestructuralengineer.info is pleased to launch a video with a selection of the most captivating news that were posted in its Structural News Center in 2017. Big things happened in 2017 at the...
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This tower in São Paulo is formed out of four irregularly-stacked volumes
Designed by the Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld, this mixed-use tower located in the Jardins area, Sao Paulo consists of four varying volumes, each of them with different-sized floor plates tha...
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The proposed LA tunnel system by Elon Musk’s Boring Company has been revealed
Elon Musk, frustrated by LA’s heavy traffic, has proposed to create tunnels for an underground transportation system. And his newly established Boring Company, is exploring ways to cut down tunneling...
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Hong Kong’s new swimming complex has been likened to a futuristic spaceship
Last February, the futuristic Kennedy Town Swimming Pool (KTSP) -located in an historic Hong Kong neighborhood- was completed. The new civil and recreation hub, built beside Victoria Harbour, now serv...
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