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Civil Engineering News Recap of December 2024
- Jan, 09, 2025
- General Civil General Construction Structural Design Energy Engineering Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure Structural Failures Forensics Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Blasting Effects Other Structural Construction Management Tunneling
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of November 2024. Namely, these were: 1) M...
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Explosive Milestone in Nuclear Decommissioning: Sizewell A Turbine Hall Demolition
- Dec, 10, 2024
- Blasting Effects Other Structural Energy Engineering Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The decommissioning of Sizewell A nuclear power station has reached a groundbreaking milestone with the controlled demolition of its turbine hall. Utilizing 700kg of explosives, this innovative appro...
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Nuclear Progress: Hinkley Point C Marks Reactor Installation Milestone
- Dec, 04, 2024
- Structural Systems Other Structural Geoenvironmental Engineering Green Infrastructure General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, England, has reached a significant milestone with the installation of its first reactor pressure vessel (RPV). This marks the first reactor instal...
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How AI in Construction Contracts Will Be Explored at the 2024 NEC Conference
- Jun, 21, 2024
- General Civil Construction Management Other Structural News On Events
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The 2024 NEC Annual Conference, set for June 21 at the ICE headquarters at One Great George Street, promises to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionize construction contracts, maki...
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Spire of iconic old Copenhagen stock exchange collapses in fire
- Apr, 16, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Other Structural General Civil General Construction Forensics Forensic Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Denmark, Copenhagen
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The iconic spire of Copenhagen’s old stock exchange collapsed in a fire that engulfed the building on the morning of Tuesday the 16th of April 2024. Furthermore, the old stock exchange building was o...
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60-foot crack appears on rural Utah Panguitch Lake Dam
- Apr, 08, 2024
- Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Dam Engineering General Civil General Construction Other Structural Construction Management News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Utah, Panguitch
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 60-foot-wide and 2 to 5-foot-tall crack was identified at rural Utah’s Panguitch Lake Dam, on the evening of Monday, April 8, 2024, which caused safety concerns about the nearby town’s 1,800 reside...
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Construction crane segment collapses onto downtown Florida bridge
- Apr, 04, 2024
- Structural Failures General Civil General Construction Other Structural Damage (Structural) Forensics Bridges News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Florida, Fort Lauderdale
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A section of a construction crane collapsed onto a downtown Fort Lauderdale bridge, where it hit two cars on the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, 2024. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue (FLFR) released a s...
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Arup appointed to support development of multi-rotor floating offshore wind project
- Mar, 22, 2024
- Sustainable Development Wind Engineering Green Infrastructure Other Structural Performance-Based Design General Civil General Construction News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
It was announced on March 22, 2024, that Arup was appointed to support Wind Catching Systems (WCS) in the development of an alternative offshore wind project called the Windcatcher. Furthermore, the...
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Taipei 101’s impressive tuned mass damper
- Apr, 03, 2024
- General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Vibration And Damping News On Products & Services Other News
- Taiwan, Taipei
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Taiwan was struck on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, by the most powerful earthquake it has experienced in the last 25 years, but Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest building, can be seen in video footage...
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A quantitative analysis on natural disasters and their economic impact
- Apr, 03, 2024
- Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Structural News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Giannis Chortomanis
Much has been said about the environmental dimension of natural disasters, as well as their connection to climate change. But what are their purely financial effects and what is the burden they cause...
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