News
Featured News
News
$4.7 billion contract awarded for the construction of Neom’s artificial lake
- Jan, 17, 2024
- General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical Dam Engineering Earth / Rockfill Dams Concrete / Rollercrete Dams News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Saudi Arabia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The contract for the construction of a $4.7 billion artificial lake, part of Saudi Arabia’s Neom project, was recently signed. Furthermore, the 2.8 km long lake is going to be formed by three new dam...
Read More
Construction of 134-story skyscraper proposed in Oklahoma City
- Dec, 14, 2023
- General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical Visualization News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Update: On January the 19th, the developers announced a revised height of 1,907 feet for the planned skyscraper, which would make it the nation's tallest building if constructed. 1907 was chosen to s...
Read More
Plans for Tencent’s new 500,000 m² headquarters unveiled
- Dec, 07, 2023
- Other Structural General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- China, Shenzhen
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The winning design for Tencent’s new 500,000 m² headquarters was unveiled on Thursday, December 7, following an international design competition. Tencent is a Chinese tech giant which was founded in...
Read More
Temporary elevator failure causes five fatalities on Swedish construction site
- Dec, 11, 2023
- General Construction General Civil Other Structural Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Sweden, Stockholm
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A temporary elevator, used on a construction site in Stockholm, failed on Monday, December 11, causing the loss of five workers’ lives. Furthermore, the incident took place on a site located in Sund...
Read More
7-story building partially collapses in New York
- Dec, 11, 2023
- Damage (Structural) General Civil General Construction Other Structural News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, New York, New York
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A seven-story building partially collapsed in the Bronx of New York, on the afternoon of Monday, December 11. Furthermore, it has so far been reported that the collapse took place at around 3:30 p.m...
Read More
Finland launches auction for 3 GW offshore wind projects
- Nov, 23, 2023
- Offshore Geotechnics Wind Engineering Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure Other Geotechnical Other Structural Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Finland
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The government of Finland adopted, on November 23, a resolution regarding the launch of the tendering process for five offshore wind farm projects, two of which will start immediately. Furthermore,...
Read More
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...
Read More
Processed spent coffee grounds can enhance concrete strength
- Nov, 20, 2023
- Concrete Structures General Civil General Construction Material Reuse Other Structural Sustainable Development News On Publications News On Research / Academia News On Products & Services Other News
- Australia, Melbourne
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have recently published a paper which shows that the addition of processed spent coffee grounds to a concrete mix can significantly i...
Read More
New York’s first offshore wind turbine installed at South Fork
- Nov, 20, 2023
- Sustainable Development Wind Engineering Green Infrastructure General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, New York, New York
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
It was announced on Monday, November 20, that New York’s first offshore wind turbine had been successfully installed at the South Fork Wind Farm. Furthermore, the announcement came from New York Sta...
Read More
PituRooms: The world’s narrowest hotel is nine feet wide
- Nov, 20, 2023
- General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical Caisson Foundations Deep Foundations Other News News On Projects / Industry
- Indonesia, Salatiga
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
What has been dubbed as the world's skinniest hotel was inaugurated in December 2022, at the city of Salatiga, Indonesia. Furthermore, the creator of this hotel is an architect who was raised in Sal...
Read More