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Awards of sophisticated civil engineering for two California projects
- Nov, 24, 2022
- Pile Foundations Other Geotechnical Soil Behavior Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Two California projects its San Francisco section 2022 project awards were awarded from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): (i) outstanding geotechnical award for YouTube’s HQ in San Brun...
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Greece: a new $8 billion mega-city by the sea
- Nov, 24, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structure Reinforcement Other Structural Sustainable Development
- Greece
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Athens will soon be home to a sustainable new mega-city billed as the largest urban regeneration project in European history. Located just 20 minutes from the ruins of the Acropolis on the site of th...
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The first building in Toronto, Canada to exceed 100 storeys.
- Nov, 23, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structural Stability Other Structural
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Toronto is in the midst of a historic skyscraper race, as two developments duke it out for the title of Canada's tallest building in a battle for the skies that evokes the colossal Depression-era New...
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The longest railway tunnel in Nordics handed over
- Nov, 23, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Deep Excavations Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The 20km long Blix tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in Scandinavia and the first Norwegian railway tunnel with two separate tunnel tubes. It has been completed by joint venture Acciona Ghella (AG...
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An underground structure built entirely by robots
- Nov, 21, 2022
- Underground Structures Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Jacked Tunnels Other Geotechnical Risk & Reliability
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A British technology company, hyperTunnel, innovating underground construction, has revealed the world’s first entirely robot-constructed underground structure, built at its R&D facility in the N...
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Lille, France: four-story building collapse, one fatality
- Nov, 21, 2022
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural
- France
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A building collapsed in the northern French city of Lille over the weekend. One person is confirmed to have died. French authorities have stated that an early warning by one resident prevented more c...
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Mega dam: Kenya, UK agree deal for Sh425 billion
- Nov, 18, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical
- Kenya
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A new multipurpose dam to be built in Kitui and Tharaka Nithi counties will cost Sh425 billion following a deal by President William Ruto and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday. The building o...
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Building collapse due to fire in Iraq's capital: at least 32 injuries
- Nov, 17, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Stability Other Structural Blasting Effects
- Iraq
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A commercial building in the capital of Iraq caught fire and then collapsed on Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of I...
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The world’s first carbon concrete building constructed by researchers in Germany
- Nov, 17, 2022
- Concrete Structures Structure Reinforcement Composite Structures Thin Wall Structures Structural Stability Other Structural
- Germany
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The first building made of carbon-reinforced concrete was inaugurated in September after two and a half years of construction, is called the “Cube” and is located on the Dresden University of Technol...
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Construction of Polihali Dam and Polihali Transfer Tunnel will start as contracts awarded
- Nov, 08, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Earth / Rockfill Dams Tunneling
- Lesotho
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded construction contracts for the Polihali Dam and Polihali Transfer Tunnel – the two biggest Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase II cont...
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