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Hudson River Rail Tunnels Have 20 Years Left in Life Expectancy

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

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

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

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

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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New Report Finds 63,000 Structurally Deficient Bridges Across U.S.

A new report released by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association states there are 63,000 structurally deficient bridges in the United States.  If one were to line up each stru...

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Hudson Yards To Be The World’s Largest Quantified Community

Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in the history of the United States, and its goal is to help Manhattan’s underdeveloped West Side grow.  Once finished, the site will i...

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