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Intense cracking in Sydney's building - Concerns for Australia's building codes
After Opal's tower incident, a second building in Sydney suffered critical damage due to cracking raising concerns about Australia's building codes. Hundreds of people were evacuated from Sydney's...
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Bridge painted to look like a LEGO structure
A bridge in Germany was painted to look like it's made out of huge LEGO bricks and the outcome is impressive. The structure is located in the city of Wuppertal, Western Germany. Today, it...
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Predicting the mechanical properties of metal-organic frameworks using Machine Learning
A new study suggests that machine learning can predict the mechanical properties of metal-organic frameworks, materials that will to be of great importance in the near future. Metallic-Organic Fram...
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Skyscraper that will conduct cryptocurrency mining
A new project, designed for the 2019 Evolo Skyscraper Award, involves the construction of a skyscraper that will contain a water theme park, hiding an enormous cryptocurrency mining facility inside....
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Disneyland may be threatened by potential failure of a local dam
According to federal engineers, Disneyland may be in danger as a local dam could fail if an intense rainfall occurs. The 78-year-old Prado Dam, an earth-fill dam across the Santa Ana River, Califor...
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What is the maximum height a skyscraper can reach?
As global infrastructure consistently focuses on building taller and higher buildings, a question arises: What is the maximum height that a skyscraper can reach? Currently, the taller skyscraper wo...
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Impact of wetting and drying cycles on cement
Scientists shed light on the wetting-drying behavior of cement. The study was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Cement is widely used as a construction mate...
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Virtual tour of Keller's remarkable geotechnical projects
14 remarkable structures that addressed geotechnical challenges along with the solutions provided by Keller and fellow companies are presented in their 2019 virtual calendar. Hayward Baker was occu...
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Polymers that function as heat conductors
Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have introduced a new method of producing conductive polymers. Polymers are materials than are normally used to trap heat while heat cond...
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Types of reinforced concrete structures collapse
Many types of failure can trigger the collapse of a reinforced concrete building. Any structure may experience a phenomenon known as structural failure or collapse. Structural failure is the total...
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