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Construction on Dnipro, Ukraine, Metro Stations is begun
- Feb, 02, 2022
- Underground Structures Structural Design Shells Steel Structures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Ukraine, Dnipro
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Following excavation and engineering works on Dnipro’s metro line in 2016, Zaha Hadid Architects has begun construction on three new metro stations. The Teatralna, Tsentalna, and Muzeina stations, al...
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India: 5 fatalities, several injuries as building collapses in Pune
- Feb, 04, 2022
- Concrete Structures Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Structural Design Masonry Structures Structural Stability News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India, Pune
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Five people were killed and several others were injured when an under-construction building in Pune, India collapsed late on Thursday night, police officials said. The authorities launched a probe to...
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Melbourne: the first 3D-printed house in southern hemisphere
- Jan, 18, 2022
- Concrete Structures Standards And Design Codes Structural Design Structure Reinforcement Structural Stability News On Events News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Australia, Melbourne
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The first ever 3D-printed house in the southern hemisphere has been built in a Melbourne manufacturing warehouse in just three days. The structure's elements were printed in the first two days and as...
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Bennerley Viaduct reopens to public after five decades and £1.7m repairs
- Jan, 14, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Structural Design Structural Systems Trusses News On Events News On Projects / Industry Other News Steel Structures
- 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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Bamboo structural design in crucial position at seminar on Cement Bamboo Frame Technology (CBFT)
- Jan, 08, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structure Types Other Structural Standards And Design Codes News On Events News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
As part of its advocacy to elevate bamboo into a mainstream construction material, Base Bahay Foundation held last month a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminar-workshop titled, “Cement B...
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New solution promises 90% cost reduction in concrete 3D printing materials
- Dec, 22, 2021
- Concrete Structures Structural Design Structural Optimization Structure Reinforcement Structural Systems Structural Behavior News On Events News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Concrete 3D printing of building shells has grown considerably in the last few years, with more and more building shells being 3D printed, even buildings with up to 3 floors and windmill towers. Howe...
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Merdeka 118: world’s Second Tallest Building Tops Out in Malaysia
- Dec, 02, 2021
- Structure Types Structural Design Structure Reinforcement Concrete Structures Steel Structures News On Projects / Industry Other News News On Awards
- 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
- Trusses Steel Structures Wood Structures Structural Optimization Structural Design News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia News On Publications Other News
- 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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Texas: The World’s Largest 3D-Printed Community Is Coming
- Nov, 10, 2021
- Structural Design Structural Optimization Structure Reinforcement Concrete Structures Other Structural Sustainable Development News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Texas
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The 3D-printing method has become an alternative to building houses based on the old-fashioned way, with many championing its effectiveness and ability to reduce labor costs and construction time. ...
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Nigeria building collapse: at least 36 fatalities
- Nov, 01, 2021
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Design Structure Reinforcement Structural Stability Structural Behavior News On Events News On Failures
- Nigeria, Lagos
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 21-storey building which was under construction in the Ikoyi district of Lagos crumbled on Monday afternoon, trapping dozens of people working on the site. The death toll from the collapse of th...
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