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A look into Poland’s new €8 billion airport
- Dec, 01, 2023
- Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Construction Management Other Structural Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Poland, Warsaw
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Poland is moving steadily towards starting construction of its new €8 billion Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) airport, or Central Communication Port in English. The airport is scheduled to be loc...
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15-year plan to rebuild the Northeast Corridor rail network released
- Nov, 16, 2023
- Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Construction Management Repair And Retrofit Of Structures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A $136-billion plan on the state-of-good-repair and improvement of the Northeast Corridor rail network was released on November 16 by the Northeast Corridor Commission. Furthermore, the 15-year plan...
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Cambodia’s brand new Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport opens
- Oct, 16, 2023
- Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Cambodia, Krong Siem Reap
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport is Cambodia’s biggest and newest airport after its first phase opened on October the 16th. The airport is located in the country’s northwest Siem Reap province...
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Under-construction flyover collapses in India
- Oct, 16, 2023
- Bridges Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Other Structural News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India, Chiplun
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The girder of an under-construction flyover in Chiplun, India, collapsed on Monday, October the 16th, while the incident was caught on video. It is worth noting that not much information about the e...
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HS2 parts other than London-Birmingham route officially cancelled
- Oct, 04, 2023
- Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Construction Management News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The UK’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, announced on the 4th of October that the second phase of the High Speed 2 (HS2) project is officially cancelled. This decision comes months after the British gov...
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European Union announces €7 billion sustainable transport funding
- Sep, 26, 2023
- Transportation Engineering Transportation Geotechnics General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Europe
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The European Commission announced on September 26 the launch of a €7 billion funding program for the development of sustainable key transport infrastructure, under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF...
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First design and build contract awarded for the Grand Paris Express
- Jul, 13, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- France, Paris
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The first design and build contract for the Grand Paris Express was awarded by the Société du Grand Paris to a mainly French encompassing consortium on July the 13th. The Grand Paris Express is a pr...
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China successfully tests new high-speed trains at top speeds of 453 km/h
China Railway announced on the first of July that successful performance tests had been conducted on their new high-speed trains, reaching a top speed of 453 km/h (281 mph). The trains tested are pa...
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Braila Bridge: Romania’s largest suspension bridge inaugurated
- Jul, 06, 2023
- Transportation Engineering Bridges News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Romania
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Braila Bridge, Romania’s largest suspension bridge, and largest bridge over the Danube, was inaugurated on July 6. Braila sits 38 meters high above water and has a total length of 1,975 meters,...
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Part of the highest cable car in Europe opens connecting Italy and Switzerland
- Jul, 01, 2023
- Transportation Engineering Other Structural Sustainable Development General Civil General Construction News On Products & Services Other News
- Matterhorn
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Europe’s highest cable car, Matterhorn Glacier Ride II, is now connecting the Swiss Matterhorn Glacier Paradise mountain station and the Italian Testa Grigia at 3,883 and 3,480 meter altitudes respec...
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