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AN INNOVATIVE construction method , never before used in WA, has helped complete a Main Roads Western Australia project two and a half months ahead of schedule. The 8.7 km $52 million Geraldton Southern Transport Corridor – Stage 2 (GSTC-2), between North West Coastal Highway and Geraldton Airport, was officially opened to traffic on December 6, 2009
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Wednesday 16 December, 2009 04:37 PM |
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China today announced it had begun construction of the world's longest sea bridge – barely 18 months after opening the current record-holder.
The Y-shaped link between Hong Kong, Macau and China will be around 50km (31 miles) long in total, 35km of which will span the sea, said the state news agency Xinhua. Due to be completed by 2015, the 73bn yuan (£6.75bn) cost of the bridge will be shared by the authorities in the three territories. |
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Wednesday 16 December, 2009 10:33 AM |
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Sprays of dir t flew out of a soil box that held a retaining wall as it violently shook from a simulated 7.4 magnitude earthquake. The wall was put to test recently by engineers at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, which has the largest outdoor shake table in the United States. During the first series of tests, led by Dawn Cheng, a UCSD engineering alumna and now a civil engineering professor at UC Davis, researchers investigated the seismic response of a semi-gravity reinforced concrete cantilever wall. |
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Wednesday 16 December, 2009 06:28 AM |
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The water cube’s doppelganger, Casino Oceanus , opens today in Macau at Jai Alai. While there is no mention of the architectural resemblance on developer SJM’s press release, it’s hard not to do a double take (pictured above).
Designed by Las Vegas casino architect Paul Steelman, the casino has more than 32,000sqm of gaming space over three floors. The cool blues and warm reds are meant “to be redolent of the sea and corals”, while the ETFE membrane gives the impression the building is “enveloped in multi coloured bubbles”, SJM said. |
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Tuesday 15 December, 2009 01:49 PM |
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It was never supposed to hang around this long. Ten years, maybe 15 at most. Perhaps that's why the South Pole Dome -- a modestly sized structure spanning 164 feet and topping out at about 52 feet high -- has loomed so large in the lore and legacy of polar history. The final chapter in that story will be completed 35 years after the U.S. Antarctic Program's most iconic research station was officially dedicated in January 1975. The dome, the second research station built at the geographic South Pole, is coming down. |
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Monday 14 December, 2009 11:32 AM |
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ACOUSTIC and design aspects of the Melbourne Recital Centre and the MTC Theatre project have earned the consulting engineers Arup gold for Specialist Services at the 2009 Association of Consulting Engineers Australia Awards for Excellence. |
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Sunday 13 December, 2009 06:47 PM |
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The special committee set up to investigate the Kuala Dipang suspension bridge collapse has found the main cause of the collapse to be the failure of the concrete foundation block at the Pylon A to support the additional weight on the back-stay cables. |
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Wednesday 2 December, 2009 09:48 AM |
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Officials have made their first attempt to find a contractor for the replacement Forth crossing.
Eight of the world's most respected construction and specialist engineering companies have been invited to tender for the contract to build the bridge. |
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Tuesday 1 December, 2009 12:05 PM |
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The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces the availability of four new publications and CD-ROMs to educate and inform industry professionals on the newest concrete-related information and technology. As always, ACI members receive a special discount (up to 40 percent) on all ACI publications. Publications can be ordered by calling 248-848-3800 or online at www.concrete.org. |
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Thursday 26 November, 2009 08:17 AM |
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Design and engineering innovations over the last two decades have had a dramatic impact on our ability to create beautiful, environmentally sensitive structures that help contribute to a more sustainable future. A dramatic example of the confluence of design, technology and environmental sustainability can be seen in the proliferation of innovative bridge designs around the world. We’ve put together a list of five of our favorites. Check them out and let us know what you think! |
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Friday 13 November, 2009 03:08 PM |
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A construction market increasingly driven by tight schedules and tighter budgets requires getting subcontracting specialists engaged earlier in the design process. They have become invaluable in controlling costs and managing schedules. |
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Saturday 7 November, 2009 01:47 PM |
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Texas A&M University's tentlike athletic complex wasn't built to withstand the maximum winds prescribed by the building code, according to an engineering firm hired by the university to evaluate the US$35.6-million structure.
The analysis by Haynes Whaley Associates of Houston suggests that the McFerrin Athletic Center was built using a flawed design similar to that linked to the Dallas Cowboys' practice facility, which collapsed in May, injuring a dozen people.
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Thursday 5 November, 2009 01:31 PM |
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LONDON — Oxford Circus , the heart of London's West End shopping and entertainment district, got a Tokyo-style makeover Monday with a new "scramble crossing" layout.
London Mayor Boris Johnson launched the new scheme, aimed at cutting crowd congestion and the lengthy traipse round the interchange. People are now able to walk diagonally across to their destination in a pedestrian free-for-all. |
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Tuesday 3 November, 2009 06:58 AM |
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The County of Essex, Ont. has teamed up with Windsor’s Becker Engineering Group to design and build what’s believed to be Canada’s first heated bridge using in part geothermal energy.
It has won the P.J. Marshall Award from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario for demonstrating leadership in public-private partnership |
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Saturday 31 October, 2009 01:42 PM |
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Restoring use of the Bay Bridge depends on crews eliminating the friction that caused parts of a steel brace to fall from a faulty Labor Day repair, Caltrans officials said.
The transportation agency late Wednesday still was not predicting a reopening time and date for the region's busiest bridge, although one repair contractor suggested the repairs might be done as early as midday today.
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Thursday 29 October, 2009 11:16 AM |
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Building a highway in a winding 100-kilometre corridor with a rock face on one side and a cliff dropping into the ocean on the other is no small feat. Accomplishing such a task while maintaining two-way traffic through the worksite is nothing short of amazing.
To prepare for the four-year project, 21 project managers and engineers from the consortium of companies assembled for the job walked sections of the highway. A core group of six walked the entire length of the highway before their bid was submitted to the government. |
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Sunday 25 October, 2009 02:46 PM |
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The British Embassy building designed by Buro Happold and Tony Tretton Architects has opened in Warsaw.
The multidisciplinary consultancy provided the building services, structural engineering, sustainability and alternative technologies, fire engineering design, risk assessment, and acoustic consultancy services for the project. |
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Thursday 22 October, 2009 02:43 PM |
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The groundbreaking luxury hotel will be built on Solta, a small Croatian island and offers holidaymakers a different vista every morning and evening.
The multi-million pound project is due to be completed within two and half years and promises to offer a unique experience. |
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Thursday 22 October, 2009 08:40 AM |
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New technology allows humans to harness computational powers for practical ends and to generate building design options that couldn't otherwise exist. How did it develop, and where will it lead us? |
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Friday 16 October, 2009 11:08 AM |
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Construction bosses were today slammed for adopting a “skin deep” approach to improving efficiency, quality and profitability as “subbie-bashing” and claims culture returns.
The attack comes from Constructing Excellence, the government body set up to encourage construction industry efforts to implement the recommendations of Sir John Egan’s Rethinking Construction report published in 1998.
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Thursday 15 October, 2009 12:24 PM |
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