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Bennerley Viaduct reopens to public after five decades and £1.7m repairs
- Jan, 14, 2022
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- United Kingdom, Nottingham
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Bennerley Viaduct, a Victorian railway bridge which runs between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, has been in disrepair since 1968, and was the only UK structure on the 2020 World Monuments Watch list...
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Merdeka 118: world’s Second Tallest Building Tops Out in Malaysia
- Dec, 02, 2021
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- Malaysia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
In downtown Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, Merdeka 118 topped out at 678.9 metres tall and 118 storeys which construction started 5 years ago. It becomes the second-tallest building in t...
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Steel or Timber? Carbon footprint of truss structures can be reduced with the aid of new studies
- Nov, 29, 2021
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- United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Buildings contribute significantly to global warming, not just in their ongoing operations but in the materials used in their construction. Truss structures — those crisscross arrays of diagonal stru...
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Qatar: a fully demountable stadium built with shipping containers completed
- Nov, 24, 2021
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- Qatar
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The stadium known as Ras Abu Aboud is a 40,000-seat sports venue near Doha's port and it is the first stadium in FIFA World Cup history designed to be fully demountable. Shipping containers of dif...
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Critical magnesium shortage: ‘Imminent risk’ of steel production
- Sep, 25, 2021
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- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Steel production facilities across Europe face an “imminent risk” of shutdown because of a critical shortage of magnesium supplies from China, and the construction sector has been alarmed. China pr...
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Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper
- Nov, 03, 2021
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- United States, New York
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Manhattan is no stranger to supertall skyscrapers but Brooklyn's skyline has now radically changed as its first supertall reached its full, vertiginous height on Thursday. The 93-story, 1,066-foot-...
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Amsterdam: The World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge
- Jul, 26, 2021
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- Netherlands, Amsterdam
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Mark Girolami, professor at The Alan Turing Institute, stated that “3D printing is poised to become a major technology in engineering, and we need to develop appropriate approaches for testing and mo...
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Closure of I-40 bridge in Memphis after cracks appear
- May, 26, 2021
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- Authored by: George Zalachoris
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) released photos of a crack on the Hernando de Soto Bridge. The structure is part of Interstate 40 crossing the Mississippi River at Memphis. The br...
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Details surface on the collapse of the famous Arecibo Observatory telescope
- Mar, 17, 2021
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- Puerto Rico, Arecibo
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
The collapse of the iconic Arecibo Observatory telescope dismayed scientists across the globe. The telescope, whose majestic dish became famous from the movie GoldenEye, collapsed on December 1st 20...
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Landmark Double-arch Steel Bridge Erected for Cross Bay Link in Hong Kong
- Mar, 01, 2021
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- Hong Kong
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
A signature, prefabricated double-arch steel bridge (“Eternity Arch”), which will be part of the Cross Bay Link, Tseung Kwan O, was erected on February 26th 2021 in Hong Kong. Upon completion, it wil...
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