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More Structural Problems for the Bay Bridge
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was completed in 2013, took 12 years to build and cost $6.4 billion. It is the largest and most ambitious public works project in California history, in large part...
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Research into Bamboo as a Structural Material to be led by Pitt
Funded by the U.S. and UK governments in collaboration with higher education institutions in Brazil, China, India and Indonesia, a University of Pittsburgh-led consortium is one of 14 ne multilateral...
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Study: Ice Age Cycles Had Little Impact on Global Weathering Rates
A team of researchers from Stanford University and Germany’s GFZ Research Center for Geosciences published a study on June 8th in the journal Nature Geoscience. The study which defies common exp...
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Learning from Landslides
The Kentucky Geological Survey is compiling a landslide inventory database to document the distribution and geological characteristics of landslides across Kentucky state and to provide easy access to...
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CEE website traffic from mobile devices in 2014 lagging, but increasing
The use of mobile devices for internet access, such as tablets and cell phones is increasing globally. More and more internet traffic originates from these devices, and in many cases, websites are not...
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The June Newsletter Issue of TheCivilEngineer is out !
TheCivilEngineer.org is glad to announce the June issue of our monthly Newsletter ! In June's issue you will find the latest most interesting industry news of interest to Civil Engineers, directly...
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New Formula Protects Tunnels From Fires
The researchers of Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a method of spraying steel-fiber-infused shotcrete, which makes tunnels and bridges more robust against fire. The researchers of Ruhr-Univers...
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The Earth Is Still Too Hot!
Despite the widespread impression that in recent years there has been some respite and slowdown in climate change of the planet, in fact the aggravation of the problem continues uninterruptedly. This...
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Crane Drops A/C Unit 30 Stories
A heating and air-conditioning unit weighing several tons fell 30 stories to the ground last Sunday. The incident occurred in Midtown Manhattan after the unit came untethered from a crane lifting it t...
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New Nature Reserve Made In Crossrail
Guess where 3 million tonnes of excavated material from Crossrail’s tunnels go! Guess where 3 million tonnes of excavated material from Crossrail’s tunnels go! Read more
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