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Portland Bridge Tests Ambient Lighting System
The new Tilikum Crossing Bridge in Portland, Oregon began testing its new ambient lighting system last Thursday and Friday. Morgan Barnard, Douglass Hollis, and Anna Valentina Murch designed the LED l...
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Video and photo-gallery: 25 years from the Loma Prieta Earthquake
On Friday October 17th, 25 years have passed from the devastating - magnitude 6.9 - Loma Prieta earthquake. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the earthquake, which killed 63 people and left thous...
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Burj Khalifa Opens New Observation Deck
Visitors to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai can now pay to ride to the 148th floor to get an even more elevated view of the surrounding area from the new observation deck located 1,821 feet above the ground...
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Photos: Invisible cave discovered in Slovakia
Three Slovakian hikers claim to have found an unexplored cave, while walking in the forest close to the village of Borka in Slovakia. One of them, photographer Robert Nemeti took pictures from inside...
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Infograph: Building Virginia’s Newest Tunnel
This week marks a milestone in the Elizabeth River Tunnel project in Virginia. The project is one of the largest infrastructure projects occurring in the U.S. right now. It will place a two lane tunne...
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Nicholson Continues Work on Transbay Transit Center
The Transbay Transit Center, a $4.5 billion project in the Bay area, involves transportation and housing that creates a "Grand Central Station of the West". Once completed, the new hub will connect ei...
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Geoengineer.org's "2014 Geo-educational Guide" is now available!
Geoengineer.org has a 15-year legacy on developing resources to support geotechnical engineering education. Thus, we are very proud to present the 2014 edition of our Geo-Educational Guide that aims t...
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Super Crane Arrives in New York
The “I Lift NY” floating super crane arrived at the Tappan Zee Bridge this week and yesterday had to do the limbo to travel to the other side of the bridge. The crane made its way up the Hudson River...
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Video of the shrinking Aral Sea: the detrimental effects of an irrigation project
The Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world is today rapidly shrinking, as a result of the diversion of the two major rivers feeding it, back in the '60s. The effects of the Aral Sea desic...
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Nicholson Awarded Soil Nail Wall Contract at McCook Reservoir
Nicholson Construction was recently awarded a contract for the soil nail wall of the Stage 2 Slope Construction at McCook Reservoir in Willow Springs Illinois. The United States Army Corps of Engineer...
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