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Africa’s longest bridge in Lagos: three teams in running to build it
- Dec, 09, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The government of Lagos State has shortlisted three bids to build the Fourth Mainland Bridge, a 38km link between Lagos city and Lagos island that presently has a budget of $2.5bn. It is intended to...
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The world's longest suspended bridge may soon link the island of Sicily in Italy with the mainland
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Other Structural Standards And Design Codes
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The idea of building a bridge between the island of Sicily with the mainland is not new for the Italian planners. However, the decades-long planning process for the massive engineering project was ab...
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Washington, D.C.: First mass timber commercial office building opens
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Wood Structures Performance-Based Design Structural Design Sustainable Development Standards And Design Codes Structural Optimization
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The office building at 80 M Street SE in Washington, D.C., might not stand out if you walked past it. It sits comfortably between several other office buildings, all sporting the same modern exterior...
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Saudi Arabia: the world’s tallest on-site 3D printed building completed
- Nov, 29, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structural Optimization Other Structural Sustainable Development
- Saudi Arabia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
North America may lead the development in terms of the amount of new 3D printed buildings. However, Europe and The Middle East are clearly leading the way in the use of 3D construction printing techn...
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Greece: a new $8 billion mega-city by the sea
- Nov, 24, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structure Reinforcement Other Structural Sustainable Development
- Greece
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Athens will soon be home to a sustainable new mega-city billed as the largest urban regeneration project in European history. Located just 20 minutes from the ruins of the Acropolis on the site of th...
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The first building in Toronto, Canada to exceed 100 storeys.
- Nov, 23, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structural Stability Other Structural
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Toronto is in the midst of a historic skyscraper race, as two developments duke it out for the title of Canada's tallest building in a battle for the skies that evokes the colossal Depression-era New...
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Warsaw: the EU’s tallest building completed
- Nov, 08, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Work has been completed on the exterior of the 310m-tall Varso Tower in Warsaw, the tallest building in the EU. The tower is designed by Foster + Partners and takes the crown from another of its crea...
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Michigan: world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open
- Nov, 01, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Abutments Structural Design Structural Systems Wood Structures Wind Engineering Structural Stability Other Structural
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open to sightseers in northern Michigan. For those willing to ride a chairlift to the mountain top and pay a fee of around $25, the bridge...
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North America's tallest timber building in Toronto, Canada
- Oct, 27, 2022
- Structural Design Structural Systems Structure Types Wood Structures
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Icon Architects unveiled the design of a 90 meters tall timber tower in Toronto, Canada, which would become, once completed, North America's tallest building made of wood. Named the "191-199 College...
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Seismic isolation: engineers launch a new building system to protect houses in an earthquake
- Oct, 25, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Structural Design Other Structural Structural Stability
- New Zealand
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A University of Canterbury team, led by Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Professor Tim Sullivan and postdoctoral fellow Tom Francis, tested a prototype of the system last year. The results w...
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