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Michigan: world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open

The world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open to sightseers in northern Michigan. For those willing to ride a chairlift to the mountain top and pay a fee of around $25, the bridge...

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Ηistoric downtown LaPorte building collapsed: investigators trying to determine the cause

Part of a three-story building more than a century old in downtown LaPorte collapsed Wednesday night. Fortunately, authorities said nobody was inside when about one-third of the front of the structur...

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6.4-magnitude earthquake in Philippines: at least 26 injuries

At least 26 people were injured by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that rocked the northern Philippines, forcing the closure of an international airport, sending panicked residents into the streets and ca...

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North America's tallest timber building in Toronto, Canada

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

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

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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Brazil’s Amazon: bridge collapses, at least three fatalities and 15 missing

At least three people have been confirmed dead, with as many as 15 missing after a bridge collapsed as some vehicles were travelling across it in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, firefighter...

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Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA): building collapse due to bad economy

The Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA has stated that the building collapses in the country normally happen during the construction stage and is compounded by the bad economy. Speaking to newsm...

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3D printing: team of flying robots to build structures

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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Jakarta school building collapses during flash flood: at least three students died

At least three students of a state Islamic junior high school in South Jakarta died on Thursday after walls in a section of the school building were swept by floods and collapsed on Thursday afternoo...

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