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Austria’s Tallest Building Officially Opens
The DC Tower 1, located along the Danube River in Vienna, Austria, officially opened last week and became the country’s tallest building. Construction on the smaller DC Tower 2 will begin shortly and...
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Hines Breaks Ground on 609 Main at Texas Project
- Mar, 07, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
One of the largest “spec” office building projects in the world recently broke ground in Houston, Texas. Houston-based international real estate company Hines is developing the 48-story, 756-foot skys...
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Construction on Foster & Partners Skinny Skyscraper Underway
- Mar, 06, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- 610 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Construction has finally begun on the 709-foot, 61-story skinny residential skyscraper located at 610 Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tower, originally proposed in 2005, was delayed due to...
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U.S. DOT Warns of Need For Spending on Bridges and Roads
- Mar, 05, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Washington D.C., United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The United States Department of Transportation released its biennial conditions and performance report last Friday. The report stated that all levels of the country’s government must spend between $12...
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Colorado Finalizes First P3 Contract for Highway Construction
The Colorado Department of Transportation finalized the state’s first public-private partnership contract last week. The contract allows private consortium Plenary Roads Denver to complete the second...
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Engineers Begin Material Testing on the Kingdom Tower
- Feb, 28, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Material testing is about to get underway on the world’s next tallest building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom Tower will have an architectural height of 1,000 meters once finished, over 130 mete...
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Thai Building Collapse Kills at Least 11
- Feb, 25, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
At least 11 workers died on Tuesday when a large concrete beam collapsed at a hospital construction site in Samut Prakan province in Thailand around 11:30 a.m. local time. Seven of the workers died at...
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Brent Spence Bridge Project at Crucial Point
- Feb, 24, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jerry Wray announced on Friday that the Brent Spence Bridge project is at a crucial point. Currently, the state of Ohio has legislation allowing for th...
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Transportation Secretary Calls for Long-Term Transportation Bill
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx discussed the United State’s “massive infrastructure deficit”, in his speech yesterday, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce transportation conference. His goal...
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Santa Monica Wants To Be First Earthquake Safe City
- Feb, 20, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry
- Santa Monica, California
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The city of Santa Monica, California will spend $100,000 over the next year identifying steel, concrete, and wood-frame buildings that would be vulnerable to an earthquake. If investigators determine...
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