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The Billion-Dollar Airport Boom: 2025 Megaprojects Shaping the Skies
- Jan, 14, 2025
- Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
As air travel rebounds and infrastructure demands rise, U.S. airports are undergoing massive transformations. Backed by over $1 billion in investments each, these projects aim to modernize facilities...
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Harnessing the Power of Hybrid Dunes for Coastal Protection
- Dec, 19, 2024
- Protective Structures Groundwater & Seepage Hydraulic Engineering Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development News On Research / Academia Other News
- Netherlands, Monster
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Protecting coastlines against the growing threat of sea level rise and extreme weather events has become a critical challenge. Researchers are leading the charge with an innovative test dune along t...
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Civil Engineering News Recap of December 2024
- Jan, 09, 2025
- General Civil General Construction Structural Design Energy Engineering Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure Structural Failures Forensics Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Blasting Effects Other Structural Construction Management Tunneling
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of November 2024. Namely, these were: 1) M...
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Balancing Safety, Design, and Nature: Elachee Drive Bridge Reimagined
- Dec, 24, 2024
- Bridge Management Bridge Design Bridges Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Georgia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The replacement of the Elachee Drive bridge over Interstate 985 in Gainesville, Georgia, has successfully combined engineering ingenuity with community-centered design. Spanning the scenic 1,500-acre...
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Data-Driven Siting: Revolutionizing Renewable Energy Efficiency
- Dec, 20, 2024
- Energy Engineering Wind Engineering Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Building efficient solar and wind farms requires more than just identifying areas with the most sunshine or strongest winds. A groundbreaking study demonstrates that integrating detailed weather data...
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Solar Farms and Wind Turbines Tested and Failed by Storm Darragh
- Dec, 09, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Forensics Green Infrastructure Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Storm Darragh has highlighted the vulnerabilities of renewable energy infrastructure to extreme weather events. Among the hardest-hit facilities was the Porth Wen Solar Farm in Anglesey, North Wales....
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Nuclear Progress: Hinkley Point C Marks Reactor Installation Milestone
- Dec, 04, 2024
- Structural Systems Other Structural Geoenvironmental Engineering Green Infrastructure General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, England, has reached a significant milestone with the installation of its first reactor pressure vessel (RPV). This marks the first reactor instal...
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Modern Methods of Construction: Transforming Housing Solutions for a Global Crisis
- Dec, 05, 2024
- General Construction General Civil Structural Design Energy Engineering Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The global housing crisis, fueled by rapid urbanization, population growth, and economic disparities, has left millions struggling to find adequate shelter. Traditional construction methods, while ti...
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Dortmund’s Visionary ICE Plant: Merging Technology and Sustainability in Rail
- Dec, 03, 2024
- Railway Geotechnics Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Germany, Dortmund
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The construction of a cutting-edge maintenance facility in Dortmund is set to redefine rail infrastructure in Europe. This €400 million investment will house one of the continent's most modern and en...
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The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel’s Pushes Forward with Low-Carbon Engineering
- Nov, 20, 2024
- Tunneling Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- Denmark, Rødbyhavn
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Fehmarnbelt tunnel project is at the forefront of sustainable engineering with its trial of CO2-reduced concrete. As part of the innovative Calliste research collaboration, the project is explori...
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