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Permeable concrete used in New York City reconstruction project
- Jun, 13, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Pavement Sustainable Development General Construction General Civil News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, New York
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
New York City’s representatives inaugurated the reconstructed Beach 108th Street project in Queens, on June 13. Furthermore, the project included reconstruction of an area in Rockway Park, which was...
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UK’s most suitable geothermal areas strongly overlap with areas in need of investment, study finds
- Jun, 07, 2023
- Geothermal Geo-Energy Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development Other Geotechnical Energy Engineering General Construction General Civil Energy Geotechnics News On Research / Academia Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A study conducted by Durham University and commissioned by Kieran Mullan, Member of Parliament (MP), identified the 45 most suitable sites for deep geothermal development. Furthermore, the same study...
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CSSC Haizhuang’s H260-18MW: The world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine
- Jun, 15, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Wind Engineering Sustainable Development Energy Engineering General Construction General Civil News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- China
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
CSSC Haizhuang’s H260-18MW offshore wind turbine, which was unveiled earlier this year, is the largest and most powerful of its kind with a potential of powering up to 40,000 homes. As the name sugg...
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Webuild-led consortium wins €1.32 billion contract for Sicilian railway
- Jun, 06, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Engineering Tunneling Sustainable Development Railway Geotechnics Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A Webuild-led consortium has recently won yet another tender on the Sicilian high speed railway project. Furthermore, the awarded contract concerns the construction of the 30-kilometer Fiumetorto-Le...
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Memorandums of Understanding signed for underwater renewable energy interconnection between Greece and Egypt
- May, 17, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Energy Engineering Sustainable Development Construction Management Environmental Engineering General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Greece
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed during the previous month, regarding the development of an underwater renewable energy cable interconnector between Greece and Egypt. The project it...
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Japan votes to allow nuclear plants to operate beyond 60 years
- May, 31, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development Energy Engineering Environmental Engineering General Civil News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Japan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Japan passed a law on Wednesday allowing nuclear plants to operate beyond 60 years if safety conditions are met. This new law is part of the series of measures in Japan, aimed at boosting the countr...
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UK’s National Grid completed a record-breaking cement-free concrete pour
- May, 10, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development General Civil Energy Engineering Environmental Engineering General Construction Other Structural News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The United Kingdom’s National Grid, along with its contractor, recently completed the world’s largest continuous Earth Friendly Concrete pour. The project aimed at filling the base of a 55-meter-d...
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Birmingham's new £360 million skyscraper project has been approved
- Apr, 28, 2023
- Sustainable Development Structural Design Other Structural
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Curzon Wharf scheme at Dartmouth Circus is a development project that involves the construction of three towers for student accommodation, "co-living" flats, and office space. The tallest tower’s...
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Self-sensing and energy-generating concrete was created by engineers
- Apr, 27, 2023
- Concrete Structures Sustainable Development Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A new generation of concrete that is self-sensing and capable of generating electricity was recently presented by a team of engineers in a journal paper. Published in the Advanced Materials journa...
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€1 billion to be invested in European heat pump production by Bosch
- Apr, 20, 2023
- Sustainable Development Geo-Energy Green Infrastructure Energy Engineering General Civil News On Projects / Industry Other News News On Products & Services
- Europe
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Heat pumps are expected to play a significant role in Europe’s means of achieving its net zero goals and Bosch Group announced a €1 billion investment in European heat pump production by 2030. More s...
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