Civil and Structural Everything in this wonderful world of ours just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Civil and structural engineering helps shape todays world. Whether it's towering skyscrapers or bridges spanning unfathomable distances, if it's newsworthy you'll no doubt see it here.
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During the Great Stink of 1858 so much sewage was flowing into the river Thames that Benjamin Disraeli labelled London a “Stygian pool reeking with ineffable and unbearable horror”.
It was only then, with the windows of parliament hung with lime-soaked curtains to fend off the stench, that MPs begrudgingly approved the building of the system that today still handles the capital’s waste.
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Sunday 31 May, 2009 12:27 PM |
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For the past six months, business wasn't great for Korean construction giants that relied on overseas projects. Orders stopped coming in and existing jobs started getting cancelled as the global economy shriveled and cash-rich Middle East countries were slowing down their building boom.
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Thursday 21 May, 2009 01:34 PM |
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The 11th Glasss Performance Days in June 2009 feature a unique first encounter between solar specialists and glass professionals. This set-up is intended to lead to a further exchange of information that will contribute to the strong growth of solar technology applications and strengthen its connections to architectural design. With a current annual growth rate of an average 30-40 % solar applications lead the way in the winning of new markets and commercial expansion in these otherwise troubled times. |
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Monday 18 May, 2009 09:33 AM |
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David Fisher will forge ahead with plans to build the world’s first Rotating Tower in Dubai , the renowned architect has confirmed to Commercial Interior Design. |
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Monday 11 May, 2009 11:31 AM |
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“Driving past Yas Island, I thought it would be beautiful to create something that feels like a mirage on the horizon,” says Hani Rashid, the New York-based architect behind the Yas Marina Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
The 500-room complex was unveiled last week and is due to open in October. It straddles the capital’s Formula 1 racing track and also sits at the mouth of the island’s yachting marina. |
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Sunday 10 May, 2009 12:05 PM |
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If all had gone as planned, “the world’s first eco-city,” as press releases billed it back in 2005, would now be well on its way to completion. The visionary project called for a grassy island near the crowded metropolis of Shanghai to be transformed from a marshy backwater into a gleaming community of energy-efficient buildings housing 50,000 people. |
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Thursday 30 April, 2009 10:53 PM |
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The excavation and dredging works to enlarge the Panama Canal are being carried out in different levels of execution, as part of a process that should conclude in 2014.
The first dry excavation stage, has been fulfilled by almost 90 per cent. |
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Sunday 26 April, 2009 02:06 PM |
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A MAJOR feat of underground engineering – largely forgotten for many decades – is to open as one of the region’s latest tourist attractions. |
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Tuesday 21 April, 2009 02:34 PM |
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CONSTRUCTION of Jurong Rock Cavern (JRC), the first underground oil storage facility in Singapore and Southeast Asia, will finally begin by year end and cost some $890 million.
JTC Corp on Wednesday awarded the first phase construction contract to Korean firm Hyundai Engineer |
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Thursday 16 April, 2009 04:37 PM |
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A one-story masonry structure survived two days of intense earthquake jolts after engineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego put it to the test. The series of tests, performed at UC San Diego's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, which has the largest outdoor shake table in the world. |
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Wednesday 15 April, 2009 12:10 PM |
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“Bond of Union” offers a complete, drily witty account of the design, financing, construction and operation of the Erie Canal.
Gerard Koeppel, a former journalist and historian of things New York, is well-suited to revisit the story of the canal. In researching his first book, “Water for Gotham,” about the creation of the New York City water supply, he encountered many of the engineers and politicians who were chosen to provide New York’s water because of their success with the Erie Canal. |
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Monday 13 April, 2009 02:41 PM |
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Portland Mayor Sam Adams has enthusiastically endorsed the favored design for a light rail bridge over the Willamette River as part of the Portland-Milwaukie MAX line.
"This is a beautiful, elegant bridge," Adams said. "It's an inspiring and beautiful icon." |
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Thursday 9 April, 2009 02:55 PM |
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Failed hanger connections which forced the closure of Glasgow’s Clyde Arc bridge last year met the design specification, connection supplier Macalloy claimed last week.
Macalloy rejected claims from Clyde Arc steel fabricator Watson Steel that it had supplied faulty steel with poorly manufactured connection holes to the project. Watson is claiming £1.8M in compensation from Macalloy, because it had to replace hanger connections after one failed and fell onto the roadway in January 2008. |
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Monday 6 April, 2009 01:00 AM |
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In Australia , construction of the tallest office block in Perth's Central Business District is underway with help from three tower cranes from Potain . All the luffing jib cranes on the project were supplied by local Manitowoc dealer D&G Hoist and Crane Hire. The third to arrive on site was also the 100th Potain bought by D&G in its 10-year history. The first cranes on site, two Potain MR 295 H20 luffing jib cranes with 150LCC50 hoist winches, were erected in October 2008. They were joined in January of this year by a third Potain luffing jib crane, an MR 615. |
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Thursday 2 April, 2009 04:35 PM |
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The polymer-modified pavement remains stiff during warm weather, while retaining some elasticity during colder months. This flexibility helps prevent cracks from forming, so water can’t seep in. That way the asphalt remains strong and doesn’t cave-in under repeated wear and tear. |
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Thursday 2 April, 2009 01:19 PM |
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Professor Bruce Tether of Imperial College London is exploring recent history to understand the past, present and future trends and management challenges facing engineering consultancies. Here he explains his initial findings.
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Friday 27 March, 2009 03:52 PM |
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The chief structural engineer of the world's tallest building visited Lehigh on Friday to speak on the design and construction of the Burj Dubai, the skyscraper located in the United Arab Emirates. The Burj Dubai is expected to be the tallest skyscraper in the world when completed.
William Baker, partner in charge of Structural and Civil Engineering for the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, has become renowned in the civil engineering field for his work, including that on the construction of the AT&T Corporate Center, the Virginia Beach Convention Center and the Trump International Hotel and Tower.
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Wednesday 25 March, 2009 01:16 PM |
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What could be more relaxing than hearing the waves rolling onto the beach from your hotel bedroom than perhaps hearing the waves rolling underneath you or around you?
Floating hotels have become a trend in recent years, and men’s website AskMen.com has compiled a list of the top 10 floating hotels, or hotels on water, that are already open or that are being planned.
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Sunday 22 March, 2009 01:39 PM |
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Six visions of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture will be on display from 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, through Friday, April 3, in the Smithsonian Institution Building (the Castle). The exhibition features design concepts, photographs and architectural models submitted by the six firms invited to participate in a two-month design competition. |
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Thursday 19 March, 2009 09:20 AM |
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In 1987, a group of building experts from 15 countries, under the aegis of the Paris-based International Energy Agency , toured 45 commercial buildings worldwide to investigate what kinds of building systems reduced energy consumption most effectively, which failed to do so, and why.
Among the participants were two German engineers, Matthias Schuler and Thomas Auer, who, according to Schuler, came away from the project with two overriding ideas. The first was that the most energy-efficient buildings they studied had been designed from the start with the target of reducing energy consumption—holistically, not as an afterthought. |
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Tuesday 17 March, 2009 03:27 PM |
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The implosion of Building 82 in South Charleston is expected to occur around 9 a.m. March 28.
The University of Charleston owns the 11-story brick structure. University spokesman Andy Spradling said, "We don't know exactly, but it (the implosion) has to be completed by 10 a.m.; 9 a.m. is the general goal."
The university is conducting an auction on e-Bay to determine who gets to push the button that implodes the building. The bidding opened Wednesday evening and continues through March 20. Details are posted on the university's Website at www.ucwv.edu/82. |
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Thursday 12 March, 2009 12:07 PM |
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