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Steel or Timber? Carbon footprint of truss structures can be reduced with the aid of new studies
Buildings contribute significantly to global warming, not just in their ongoing operations but in the materials used in their construction. Truss str Buildings contribute significantly to global warm...
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Three fatalities after building collapses in southern Egypt
According to the country’s state-run media report, an apartment building collapsed in a southern Egyptian province on Monday, killing at least thre According to the country’s state-run media report,...
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A landslide warning system: India says it's working with UK on prototype
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in collaboration with the British Geological Survey (BGS) under the National Environmental Research Council (UK) The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in collabora...
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A 5D platform for earthquake prevention and control
A five-dimensional (5D) smart city earthquake simulation platform was exhibited by its developer, the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engi A five-dimensional (5D) smart city earthquake sim...
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Open Online Course on "Seismology to Earthquake Engineering", offered by École Polytechnique - IP Paris
École Polytechnique - Institut Polytechnique Paris is offering a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled Seismology to Earthquake Engineering. École Polytechnique - Institut Polytechnique Paris...
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Four metro tunnels are completed in Hong Kong
Dragages Hong Kong has built one of Hong Kong’s most technically challenging series of tunnels – part of the 6km extension of the ongoing Sha Tin Dragages Hong Kong has built one of Hong Kong’s most...
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Hammersmith Bridge: Rival design removes need for expensive strengthening
Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to motorists for more than two years after cracks appeared in its cast iron pedestals. It was closed entirely for Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to motorists f...
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Floods and landslides in Vietnam after heavy rains, 18 missing
Floods and landslides in central Vietnam, caused by heavy rains, have left at least 18 people missing, some feared dead on Thursday. Houses are des Floods and landslides in central Vietnam, caused b...
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Raising Warragamba Dam wall reduces the risk of a 'catastrophic' flooding
Raising the wall of the dam is essential for reducing the risk of "catastrophic flooding" in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley, Sydney’s west, according Raising the wall of the dam is essential for reduci...
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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook northern Peru: 75 homes destroyed, no deaths reported
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the remote Amazon region of northern Peru on Sunday and was felt as far as Lima in the center of the country, destroyi A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the remote Amazon...
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