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Boston Continues Demolition of Long Island Bridge
The Coast Guard, along with Quincy, Boston and Massachusetts State police, set up a 1000-yard safety zone between Moon Island and Long Island on March 23rd. Shortly after, with a large burst of smoke,...
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Bristol Arena winning design announced!
Winning designs of the Bristol Arena were announced this week! The £90 million project located next to Bristol Temple Meads railway station, in the Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, is esti...
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57-Story Skyscraper Built in 19 days!
Broad Sustainable Building, a construction company in China, recently built a 57-floor, 2-million-square-foot skyscraper in just 19 days. That is an average of three floors per day. The building has 1...
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Japanese Seismic Success Serves as example to Northwest
Constructed in 2006, just outside Kadonowaki, Japan, the Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital stands as a monument to civil engineering. The five-story, 402-bed hospital operated at full capacity during and...
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Thailand innovative home floats in case of flooding
- Mar, 13, 2015
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- Ban Seng, Thailand
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The two storey home in a Thai neighborhood for factory workers has a special feature that is not directly visible to the average eye. Hidden in the home's foundation is a system that allows it to floa...
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World's Tallest Wooden Structure to be Built Next Year
At 270-feet and €60M plans for the world’s tallest wooden structure, to be built next year, have been unveiled. Designed by Rudiger Lainer and Partner the wooden skyscraper will be built in the Seesta...
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Structural Art for Rent in Essex County
- Mar, 04, 2015
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- Wrabness, United Kingdom
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Intentionally designed to appear as four separate structures and the many historic pilgrimage chapels in the region; A House for Essex, designed by FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste) in collaboration wi...
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United States Building Fewer Skyscrapers
- Mar, 02, 2015
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- 930 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The construction of an 1100-foot tall multi-use skyscraper is underway in downtown Los Angeles. At 2.1 million square feet and 73 stories tall the Wilshire Grand will be the tallest building west of t...
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Double decker Braves bridge is under design
The double-decker bridge over Interstate 285, linking the Galleria area to the SunTrust Park and the Braves stadium and mixed-use development area is from now on the design stage by a Los-Angeles base...
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Video shows another side of New Jersey's bridges
A video with many of New Jersey's aging and deteriorating bridges was recently released to raise awareness to the area's infrastructure fate if the gas tax is not raised. In nearly 1.5 minutes, the vi...
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