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Africa’s longest bridge in Lagos: three teams in running to build it
- Dec, 09, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The government of Lagos State has shortlisted three bids to build the Fourth Mainland Bridge, a 38km link between Lagos city and Lagos island that presently has a budget of $2.5bn. It is intended to...
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Washington, D.C.: First mass timber commercial office building opens
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Wood Structures Performance-Based Design Structural Design Sustainable Development Standards And Design Codes Structural Optimization
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The office building at 80 M Street SE in Washington, D.C., might not stand out if you walked past it. It sits comfortably between several other office buildings, all sporting the same modern exterior...
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Saudi Arabia: the world’s tallest on-site 3D printed building completed
- Nov, 29, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structural Optimization Other Structural Sustainable Development
- Saudi Arabia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
North America may lead the development in terms of the amount of new 3D printed buildings. However, Europe and The Middle East are clearly leading the way in the use of 3D construction printing techn...
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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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Warsaw: the EU’s tallest building completed
- Nov, 08, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Work has been completed on the exterior of the 310m-tall Varso Tower in Warsaw, the tallest building in the EU. The tower is designed by Foster + Partners and takes the crown from another of its crea...
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Plans for Australia’s tallest tower
- Sep, 02, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural Structural Behavior Standards And Design Codes
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A Melbourne consortium has laid plans for Australia’s tallest building after lodging a development application for a $400 million twin-tower project on the Gold Coast. The landmark development, com...
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Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm: first power generation was announced
- Aug, 26, 2022
- Sustainable Development Other Structural Wind Engineering Structural Systems Performance-Based Design
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
SSE Renewables, and its partner Total Energies have announced first power generation from the Seagreen offshore wind farm, 27km off the coast of Angus in Scotland. The 1,075MW Seagreen offshore wind...
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Backyard homes to be built by 3D printers
- Jul, 20, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Sustainable Development Structural Optimization Structural Systems Structure Types
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Ross Maguire, CEO of Azure Printed Homes, is holding what looks like a piece of white plastic but he says it’s the future of accessory dwelling units, or more commonly known as ADUs, that clients can...
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Saudi Arabia is aiming to build the world's tallest buildings in megacity NEOM
- Jun, 07, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structural Systems Structural Behavior Other Structural
- Saudi Arabia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Saudi Arabia is aiming to build the world's tallest buildings in its futuristic megacity NEOM, overshadowing others in the kingdom and in neighbouring Dubai. According to Bloomberg, sources current...
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