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From Thrills to Rubble: The Demolition of Kingda Ka in New Jersey
- Mar, 02, 2025
- Steel Structures Structural Deflection General Construction Construction Management General Civil News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, New Jersey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
For nearly 20 years, Kingda Ka stood as a towering icon in the world of roller coasters. As the tallest and second-fastest roller coaster on Earth, it was a bucket-list ride for thrill-seekers worldw...
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Surviving the Avalanche: Lessons from the Uttarakhand Road Construction Disaster
- Mar, 07, 2025
- General Construction General Civil Other Geotechnical Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Ramnagar Kashipur
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The unforgiving Himalayan terrain in Uttarakhand recently posed a severe challenge for construction workers when an avalanche struck a road-building site. Emergency teams successfully rescued 49 work...
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From 5.5 Hours to 3: How High-Speed Rail Will Change Travel in Canada
- Mar, 05, 2025
- Railway Geotechnics Sustainable Development Construction Management Transportation Engineering General Construction General Civil News On Projects / Industry
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Canada is set to embark on one of its most ambitious infrastructure projects—the 1,000-kilometre high-speed rail (HSR) corridor connecting Toronto to Quebec City. Announced by Prime Minister Justin T...
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Transatlantic Tunnel: A Bold Vision or an Impossible Dream?
- Mar, 04, 2025
- Tunneling General Civil General Construction Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Atlantic Ocean
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Imagine traveling from New York to London in just 54 minutes—a journey that currently takes over seven hours by plane. This futuristic vision is the foundation of an ambitious transatlantic tunnel pr...
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Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy Unite to Cut Asphalt’s Carbon Footprint
- Mar, 03, 2025
- Concrete Structures General Construction General Civil Environmental Engineering Construction Management Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The construction industry is taking a bold step toward sustainability with the introduction of nuclear-enabled hydrogen to power asphalt production. A groundbreaking initiative, led by a team of engi...
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Kaprun 2029: A Giant Leap for Hydropower with TBM Technology
- Mar, 01, 2025
- Tunneling General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Austria, Kaprun
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Kaprun 2029 project has reached a major milestone with the launch of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) on February 18, 2025. The 5.6km pressure tunnel, a critical component of Austria’s €370 million...
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Structural Failure in Yobe: One Dead, Several Injured in School Collapse
- Feb, 20, 2025
- Structural Failures Forensic Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Nigeria, Potiskum
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A devastating incident struck Government Girls Science and Technical College in Potiskum, Yobe State, when a classroom corridor collapsed, leaving one student dead and four others injured. The collap...
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Fungible Engineering: The Future of Modular Design in Data Centers
- Feb, 27, 2025
- Structure Types Structural Design Sustainable Development Construction Management General Civil General Construction Other Structural News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In an era where speed, flexibility, and efficiency dictate the success of technological infrastructure, the concept of fungibility is emerging as a game-changer in structural engineering. Much like h...
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Building the Digital Highway: Meta’s 50,000km Subsea Cable
- Feb, 26, 2025
- General Construction General Civil News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Meta has announced its most ambitious subsea infrastructure project yet—Project Waterworth, a 50,000km-long subsea fibre-optic cable system set to transform global digital connectivity. Once complete...
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Construction Site Inferno: Fire Hazards in Large-Scale Projects Exposed
- Feb, 14, 2025
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures General Construction General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Korea, Busan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A devastating fire at a luxury hotel construction site in Busan, South Korea, has raised critical concerns about fire safety in large-scale construction projects. The blaze, which broke out on the fi...
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