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China-Russia-Canada-America High-Speed Rail Line
Last week Professor Wang Mengshu from Beijing Jiaotang University’s tunnel and underground engineering research center revealed that China is considering building a high-speed train that would travel...
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Seattle Tunnel Partners Setup Bertha Camera
- May, 12, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Seattle Tunnel Partners will begin digging a 120-foot deep pit this week to reach the front side of tunnel boring machine Bertha. The machine is the world’s largest tunneling machine, and it has been...
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Hudson River Rail Tunnels Have 20 Years Left in Life Expectancy
- May, 09, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- New York, New York, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman recently stated that the two rail tunnels under the Hudson River in New York have less than 20 years left in their life expectancy before they need to be shut down. He states t...
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Tilt! Set To Open to Public on Saturday
- May, 08, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- 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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All Lanes Reopen After I-15 Bridge Fire
- May, 07, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Hesperia, California, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Officials reopened southbound lanes of Interstate 15 in Hesperia, California on Wednesday morning after an overpass fire closed down the freeway for more than 24 hours. The northbound lanes were reope...
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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
- News On Projects / Industry
- 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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Check out the latest April issue of TheStructuralEngineer.info newsletter !
We are pleased to announce the 82nd issue of our newsletter ! In this April issue, you will find the latest industry news, of interest to structural engineers, directly from our news center, w...
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Solar Wind Energy Tower Wins Approval in Arizona
- Apr, 29, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- 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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