The planned 830 km Zambia-Lobito railway has moved closer to construction after Africa Finance Corporation, the project's lead sponsor and developer, selected preferred bidders on 27 October for the e...
Peru is entering a potentially severe El Niño season with major flood protection projects still under construction across the country's northern coastal regions, where rivers, cities and archaeologica...
Engineers at the UK Atomic Energy Authority have installed a 12-tonne double beam box vessel on the MAST Upgrade fusion machine at Culham, a major step towards doubling its neutral beam heating power...
HS2 has completed the twin mined tunnel connections between the Victoria Road crossover box and Old Oak Common station in west London, creating a continuous underground link between the future station...
Construction of the 29.2 km Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Railway Bridge has passed another major milestone following closure of its northern and southern navigation channel structures, bringing the world's...
Nigeria recorded 111 validated building-collapse incidents between 2015 and 2025, resulting in 321 deaths and 344 injuries, according to figures cited in a 2026 engineering study as concerns continue...
Construction has been approved for the $2.07 billion Copper World project in southern Arizona, advancing a major new open-pit copper mine and processing complex towards first production in the second...
Construction of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences in Miami is approaching its final height, with the 1,049 ft tower set to become Florida's first supertall building and one of the city's most...
At least 69 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after two high-speed trains collided on the Madrid-Seville railway south of the Spanish capital, in the second fatal high-speed rail accid...
HS2 has completed the installation of the final viaduct section over the M6 near Chelmsley Wood, marking the structural completion of both M6 South viaducts and closing a major phase of railway constr...
Rescue teams are continuing to search through the remains of an 18-storey building that collapsed in Nairobi's Eastleigh district on Friday 23 October, with six people reported rescued alive while doz...
Civil engineering salaries in the United States have continued their multiyear rise, with average base pay reaching $152,000 in 2026 as demand for experienced engineers remains strong across much of t...
Date: Monday, November 23, 2026Time: 11:00am Pacific TimeFormat: Online (Zoom) — free, registration requiredAbout the WebinarGeo-infrastructure is inherently large and spans a wide range of variable s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
