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First power produced at the world’s largest offshore wind farm

Dogger Bank Wind Farm is scheduled to have a power generation capacity of 3.6 GW upon entering full commercial operation in 2026, making it the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Furthermore, the D...

Broadway Subway Project’s TBM breaks through Oak-VGH Station in Vancouver, Canada

The first of the two tunnel-boring machines (TBM) digging through the Broadway Subway Project broke through the Oak-VGH Station in Vancouver on October 12, 2023. The news came on Friday, as the Gove...

Under-construction flyover collapses in India

The girder of an under-construction flyover in Chiplun, India, collapsed on Monday, October the 16th, while the incident was caught on video. It is worth noting that not much information about the e...

Prof. J. G. Zornberg’s lecture “Geosynthetic Applications in Railways and Roadways” available on YouTube

Prof. J. G. Zornberg, from the University of Texas at Austin, gave his lecture “Geosynthetic Applications in Railways and Roadways” on the 5th of October in Athens, Greece, during the 9th Panhellenic...

Torch Tower Tokyo, a $4.8bn development, will be Japan’s tallest skyscraper

The construction of what will soon become the tallest building in Japan was recently begun. The building, known as the Torch Tower skyscraper, will cost $4.8 billion and will stand at a height of 390...

A landmark bridge in Grimsby, expected to reopen in December, will remain closed due to extensive deterioration

A £5 million restoration project on the Corporation Road Bridge, mainly concerning a landmark bridge, began in February and was scheduled for completion by December. However, during the grit-blasting...

A case study on the repair of West Seattle Bridge

The West Seattle Bridge is a cantilevered segmental bridge with a maximum clearance of 140 ft (43 m) and a total length of 2,607 ft (795 m), that connects West Seattle to the city’s greater metropoli...

Second 6.3-magnitide earthquake hit Afghanistan some days after the seismic sequence of Saturday

Western Afghanistan experienced two major earthquakes on Saturday, while today a strong earthquake hit the same area again. Afghanistan is prone to frequent earthquakes, particularly in the Hindu Kus...

Second 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits western Afghanistan within a week

A new 6.3 magnitude earthquake this morning came to hit the same region in Afghanistan as the one that suffered widespread destruction on Saturday. Furthermore, the 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Satur...

Burst dam causes flooding and landslides in Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé

A colonial-era dam near Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, gave way due to torrential rain at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, sending a destructive wave of water down the city. Furthermore, the w...

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