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Fehmarn Belt will be Longest Tunnel in the World

Slated at $10 billion, construction on the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link could start as early as this year. At 11 miles long, the completed project will be the longest immersed tunnel in the world. It will...

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Hayward Baker receives 2014 Keystone Award for earth retention work

Geotechnical specialty contractor Hayward Baker Inc. (HBI) has been named the recipient of a Keystone Award from the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis (AGC). The award was presented to HB...

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3-storey residential unit made of shipping container material!

A residential model unit built exclusively out of recycled steel shipping containers is now a reality on the southwest corner of Trumbull and Pine, just north of Interstate 75, in Detroit. The ho...

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Construction Started on Detroit's New Light Rail

Track for Detroit’s M-1 Rail, a new light rail line on the city’s lower Woodward Avenue, is projected to be laid before Thanksgiving of this year. The M-1 Rail will be the first streetcar line in Detr...

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Dispute Over Frank Lloyd Wright Design in Great Britain

While on a 2004 business trip to Phoenix, Arizona, British electrical engineer Hugh Pratt visited the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. As a lifelong admirer of Wright and a fan of midcentury modern arch...

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Plans for a pedestrian bridge in Minnesota Vikings stadium

A pedestrian bridge connecting the new Minnesota Vikings Stadium to the Downtown East light rail system is being discussed among the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Vikings and the Minesota Sports...

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Delay on DR Congo's Inga 3 Dam

Construction on the massive Inga 3 dam, which is expected to produce 4,800 megawatts of power for the Democratic Republic of Congo, won’t begin until 2017 at the earliest. This is according to a Thurs...

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Photo gallery: a house in Lancaster PE is entirely made of straw!

In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the Pellman family live in a house that is entirely different from anything else! It is mainly constructed of straw and other local materials.  The structure housin...

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Explosion in NYC Levels 3 Buildings

Around 250 firefighters responded last Thursday after a gas main leak caused an explosion that demolished three buildings in Manhattan’s East Village. 22 people were injured, four critically, and two...

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U.S. DOT survey reveals: 61,000 bridges in need of structural repairs

A recently released study by the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) National Bridge Inventory database, reveals that nearly 61,000 bridges across the nation are classified as structurally de...

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