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HS2’s Stoneleigh Road Green Bridge Nears Completion, Blending Infrastructure with Nature

The HS2 project has reached another milestone with the completion of Stoneleigh Road Green Bridge, an innovative structure near Kenilworth, Warwickshire. As one of 16 green bridges designed for the h...

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Data-Driven Construction: The Key to Meeting Global Infrastructure Demands

As the global population is set to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, the demand for new and upgraded infrastructure is rising rapidly. Aging populations and labor shortages add further complexity, making it...

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Innovative Foundations in Colorado: How Engineers Designed a Fire Station Over an Abandoned Mine

The construction of Frederick-Firestone Fire Station No. 5 in Colorado is a remarkable feat of geotechnical and structural engineering. Built over an abandoned coal mine, the project faced significan...

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Sunderland’s £44M Marvellous New Wear Footbridge Project Paves the Way for Future Growth

Sunderland’s skyline is set to change dramatically with the near completion of the New Wear Footbridge, a £44 million investment that will serve as a crucial link between the former Vaux Brewery site...

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AI-Powered Bridge Monitoring: Detecting Structural Failures Before They Happen

Bridges are critical components of transportation networks, yet their maintenance often relies on reactive approaches that address issues only after visible signs of deterioration appear. A groundbre...

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Civil Engineering News Recap of January 2025

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 January 2025. Namely, these were: 1) Ch...

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Brewing Sustainability: Coffee-Infused Concrete Paves the Way in Infrastructure Innovation

A groundbreaking innovation is transforming Melbourne’s infrastructure—coffee-infused concrete. Developed by RMIT University, this sustainable alternative replaces a portion of traditional sand with...

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Delhi’s Burari Collapse: Tragedy Strikes an Under-Construction Site

On the evening of January 27, 2025, tragedy struck Delhi's Burari area when a newly constructed four-story building collapsed, leaving several individuals trapped under the debris. The incident, whic...

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Future-Ready Mumbai Airport: Inside the T1 Redevelopment Journey

Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) is preparing for a groundbreaking transformation with the redevelopment of its Terminal 1 (T1). This ambitious project, set to begin...

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Tunnel Boring Meets Fault Zones: Insights from the Brenner Base Tunnel

The Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT), an ambitious railway infrastructure connecting Austria and Italy, is a marvel of modern engineering. Spanning 55 kilometers, it includes two main tubes, an exploratory...

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Tilted Structure in Kolkata, the Inferior Materials and Red Flags on Construction Standards

In a densely populated area of Kolkata, a four-story building in Vidyasagar Colony, Ward 99, Jadavpur, tilted dangerously onto an adjacent structure on January 14, raising safety concerns and prompti...

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Earn Credentials in Sustainable Waterfront Design

You are invited to earn your WEDG Associate credential. An urban planner in Singapore, a chief sustainability officer in San Diego, port engineers in Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle, and real estate...

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Guinness World Record for Vietnam's new glass bridge

Suspended approximately 492 feet above ground and measuring 2,073 feet in length, the glass bridge was a joint collaboration between local tourism authorities and a French construction company to rev...

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The history of the Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937, and has since been standing as a landmark synonym to the city of San Fransisco. It was constructed between 1933 and 1937 in the Bay Area, and...

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Calculation example - Find the bearing of an apparent dip (two symmetrical to full dip directions), given the rate and direction of full dip

Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the bearing of an apparent dip. Two directions noted, in which a given apparent dip occurs. Known values: Full dip direction = α...

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Calculation example - Find path gradients in different directions, given the rate and direction of full dip

Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find path gradients in three different directions, (a) due N, (b) N 75o E, (c) due E. Known values: Full dip direction = N 30o E Full...

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Calculation example - Find the apparent dip of a plane or seam in any direction

Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the apparent dip in any other direction. Known values: Horizontal length along full dip direction = x Full dip rate = 1 in x Sol...

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Calculation example - Find the rate of full dip of a plane or seam, given its direction and the rate and direction of an apparent dip

Given the direction of full dip and the rate and direction of an apparent dip of a plane or seam, find the rate of full dip. Known values: Full dip direction = α Apparent dip direction = &b...

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Calculation example - Seam true thickness and gradient calculation

A vertical borehole passes through a seam with a known dip at 43o. If the apparent thickness of the seam as shown by the borehole core is 2m, calculate: (a) the true thickness of the seam and (b) the...

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Calculation example - Find the coordinates of the intersection of two lines

Calculate the coordinates of the intersection of two lines given the coordinates of four stations. Known values: Coordinates A (EA, NA), B (EB, NB), C (EC, NC), D (ED, ND) i.e. A  &nbs...