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Water main burst in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India

A water main burst in front of the Twinkle Apartments in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India, shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23. What has been known so far is that the water main pipe had...

MIT engineers create energy-storing cement mixture

A paper was published on the last day of July, by a team of MIT researchers, regarding the creation of a cement and carbon black based material which acts as a supercapacitor while being structurally...

World’s largest wind turbine connected to the Chinese power grid

The world’s first 16MW wind turbine has been connected to the Chinese power grid, from the Pingtan offshore wind farm. The park’s developer had announced, back on June 28, that installation work had...

First model house completed in world’s largest 3D printed neighborhood in Texas

Last Saturday, prospective buyers had the chance to tour around the first completed house in the world’s largest 3D printed neighborhood. The house is part of a 100-property complex located in the W...

Largest 3D printed building in Europe constructed in Heidelberg, Germany

Construction of Europe’s largest 3D printed building in Heidelberg, Germany started on March 31 and is expected to end in late July. The building is 55 meters long, 11 meters wide and 9 meters high,...

Construction crane’s boom collapses on building in New York City

A construction crane’s boom collapsed on a nearby building after it caught on fire on Wednesday, July 26. The crane was located on a construction site, at 10th Avenue, between 41st and 42nd streets...

The MSG Sphere lights up to be named world’s largest video screen

The MSG Sphere is, among other things, the world’s largest video screen, featuring 580,000 square footage of fully programmable LED exterior. It is located next to the Las Vegas Strip and east of th...

Surat Diamond Bourse breaks Pentagon’s 80-year long record for world’s largest office building

India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is scheduled to inaugurate Surat Diamond Bourse, the world’s new largest office building, on the 21st of November. As the name suggests, the building is locate...

First design and build contract awarded for the Grand Paris Express

The first design and build contract for the Grand Paris Express was awarded by the Société du Grand Paris to a mainly French encompassing consortium on July the 13th. The Grand Paris Express is a pr...

Construction of a 160 MW hydroelectric power plant has started in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in late June for the Dabar hydroelectric power plant in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Dabar hydroelectric power plant is the largest of the Go...

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