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Tilt! Set To Open to Public on Saturday
- May, 08, 2014
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- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Chicago’s newest tourist attraction is set to open to the public on Saturday. Tilt! is part of the newly redesigned John Hancock observatory, referred to as 360 Chicago for its panoramic views of the...
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Skinny Skyscraper to Become London’s Tallest Residential Building
A 73-story skyscraper will become London’s tallest residential building if it receives approval from the Tower Hamlets Council. The 250-meter, 73-story skinny skyscraper will take the record fro...
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New Safe Confinement Arch To Cover Chernobyl Reactor 4
- May, 02, 2014
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- Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred 28 years ago on April 28, 1986. Construction is now underway on the New Safe Confinement shield, a movable structure that will cover Chernobyl’s Reactor 4 to pr...
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Slideshow: Bird as a Structural Engineer
The photos in the image gallery below show two birds building a nest from scratch. The birds seem to have a structural or material engineering background. The nest looks well made and the entran...
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Solar Wind Energy Tower Wins Approval in Arizona
- Apr, 29, 2014
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- San Luis, Arizona, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc. received approval last Wednesday from San Luis, Arizona to build a $1.5 billion project that would use ambient desert air to create a draft and generate electricity in a...
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New Report Finds 63,000 Structurally Deficient Bridges Across U.S.
- Apr, 28, 2014
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- Washington D.C., United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A new report released by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association states there are 63,000 structurally deficient bridges in the United States. If one were to line up each stru...
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Hudson Yards To Be The World’s Largest Quantified Community
- Apr, 25, 2014
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- Hudson Yards, New York, New York
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in the history of the United States, and its goal is to help Manhattan’s underdeveloped West Side grow. Once finished, the site will i...
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Chinese Skyscraper To Have World’s Fastest Elevators
The 111-story Guangzhou CTF Financial Center tower is under construction in Southern China. The building will feature the world’s fastest elevators when it opens in 2016. It will take just 43 seconds...
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Construction to Begin This Week on The Kingdom Tower
- Apr, 21, 2014
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- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Construction on the world’s tallest building, the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia, is scheduled to begin this week. The Kingdom Tower will measure 3,280 feet tall once completed and will feature a 98-fo...
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Brazil Unveils $10.76 Billion Infrastructure Budget for Rio 2016
- Apr, 17, 2014
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- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Brazilian officials unveiled their $10.76 billion legacy budget today for the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. The money will be spent on projects relating to infrastructure, mobility, urb...
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