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Thailand innovative home floats in case of flooding
- Mar, 13, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry
- Ban Seng, Thailand
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The two storey home in a Thai neighborhood for factory workers has a special feature that is not directly visible to the average eye. Hidden in the home's foundation is a system that allows it to floa...
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World's Tallest Wooden Structure to be Built Next Year
At 270-feet and €60M plans for the world’s tallest wooden structure, to be built next year, have been unveiled. Designed by Rudiger Lainer and Partner the wooden skyscraper will be built in the Seesta...
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Spike in Roof Collapses Inspires the use of Drones
- Mar, 09, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Boston, MA, USA
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Massachusetts has experienced a large number of structural failures over the past month due to extreme snowfall. This past Wednesday (March 4th), after an additional 2 inches of snow accumulation, som...
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UK's landmark bridges depicted in stamps special collection
UK's Royal Mail has just issued a set of first class stamps depicting the 10 most historical bridges across the country. According to Royal Mail, the series "demonstrates leaps in engineering" perform...
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Structural Art for Rent in Essex County
- Mar, 04, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry
- Wrabness, United Kingdom
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Intentionally designed to appear as four separate structures and the many historic pilgrimage chapels in the region; A House for Essex, designed by FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste) in collaboration wi...
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United States Building Fewer Skyscrapers
- Mar, 02, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry
- 930 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The construction of an 1100-foot tall multi-use skyscraper is underway in downtown Los Angeles. At 2.1 million square feet and 73 stories tall the Wilshire Grand will be the tallest building west of t...
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Double decker Braves bridge is under design
The double-decker bridge over Interstate 285, linking the Galleria area to the SunTrust Park and the Braves stadium and mixed-use development area is from now on the design stage by a Los-Angeles base...
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Fibers to help fire damage prevention in tunnels
Engineers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have come up with a way to prevent concrete spalling caused by excessive temperature built up during a tunnel fire. The new technology consists of...
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3-D model may be the answer to the U.S. bridge maintenance crisis
- Feb, 20, 2015
- News On Research / Academia
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
With nearly 70,000 bridges requiring repair works across the U.S. and an estimated cost of $70 billion, Associate Professor's 3-D model aims in facilitating officials and transportation agencies to mo...
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Hayward Bayker: John Wolosick has been elected as President in Deep Foundations Institute
Hayward Baker Inc. (HBI), North America’s leader in geotechnical construction, is pleased to announce the election of John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.G.E., as Deep Foundations Institute’s (DFI) president....
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