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U.S. DOT Warns of Need For Spending on Bridges and Roads
- Mar, 05, 2014
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- 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
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- 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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Brent Spence Bridge Project at Crucial Point
- Feb, 24, 2014
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- 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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Santa Monica Wants To Be First Earthquake Safe City
- Feb, 20, 2014
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- 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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High-Speed Rail Line Planned for Houston and Dallas
Texas Central Railway President Robert Eckels discussed some of the preliminary details for a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston last week. The high-speed passenger rail system would take...
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Developers Submit Plan to fix Walkie Talkie Skyscraper’s Sun Ray Problems
- Feb, 14, 2014
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- 20 Fenchurch St London, England
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Developer Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group submitted a plan on Wednesday to fix the “Death Ray” coming from sunlight bouncing off the Walkie Talkie building. The 160-meter, 34-story office build...
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Plans for New Zealand’s Tallest New Skyscraper Unveiled
- Feb, 13, 2014
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- Auckland, New Zealand
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Plans were revealed today for a new 209-meter, 52-storey skyscraper in Auckland, New Zealand. The tower will be referred to as the NDG Auckland Centre, named after the New Development Group owned by S...
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Property owner Wanted to Save Rhode Island’s Tallest Building
- Feb, 11, 2014
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- 111 Westminster St, Providence, RI, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The owner of Rhode Island’s tallest building renewed his effort on Monday to gain support for a public private partnership that would convert the vacant office building into apartments. 111 Westminste...
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Developer Wants to Resume Chicago Spire Project
- Feb, 10, 2014
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- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Irish Developer Garrett Kelleher announced on Thursday that he has found an investor willing to pay his company’s creditors. He hopes that this news will allow construction to resume in the near...
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