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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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Two Scottish and a Colombian Universities use WhatsApp to predict landslides in Latin America
The researchers have been training a local community living in an area at high risk of landslides to monitor how their main hillside is shifting over time, by sending photos back to them via WhatsApp...
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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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The NHERI Science Plan: A Resource for Natural Hazards Engineering Researchers
With NHERI's five-year Science Plan, natural hazard engineers now have a roadmap for research When developing proposals to NSF, researchers are strongly encouraged to consider tenets of the Sci...
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Get the new 2018 calendar of Hayward Baker
Hayward Baker releases its 22nd edition of their yearly calendar for engineering and construction industry professionals across North America. Hayward Baker is one of the North America’s leaders...
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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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Discarded plastic bottles could be used to make stronger concrete
MIT students have found a way to produce plastic-reinforced concrete that is up to 15% stronger than conventional concrete, by adding irradiated bits of plastic water bottles MIT students have...
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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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Hang Son Doong: Even a skyscraper could fit into the world’s largest cave
Less people have seen the inside of Hang Son Doong in Vietnam than have stood on the summit of Mount Everest Less people have seen the inside of Hang Son Doong in Vietnam than have stood on the...
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