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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Cayan's Chief Development Officer Ahmad Kasem said the developer is evaluating tenders for the façade and elevators packages of its SR2 billion (Dh1.96bn) Lamar project in Saudi Arabia.
RMJM is the main architect, Turner the project manager and Saudi Diyar Consultants is the local consultant, he told Emirates Business. Drake & Scull was awarded the MEP contract, he added |
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Monday 9 March, 2009 01:29 PM |
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After years of planning, Del Mar's complex project to upgrade the historic North Torrey Pines Bridge – which state inspectors have warned is vulnerable to an earthquake – is getting more expensive.
The two-lane, reinforced-concrete bridge was built in 1933 along the coast highway south of Del Mar. It's the length of two football fields and stands on pillars six stories above the railroad tracks, connecting Camino del Mar with North Torrey Pines Road. |
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Monday 2 March, 2009 03:00 PM |
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Researchers at the University of Michigan simulated an off-the-charts earthquake in a laboratory to test their new technique for bracing high-rise concrete buildings. Their technique passed the test, withstanding more movement than an earthquake would typically demand. |
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Saturday 28 February, 2009 04:35 AM |
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An Auckland engineering firm has won the contract to design a US$1.5 billion ($2.9 billion) Bangladesh bridge.
Maunsell AECOM NZ Newmarket office scored the job for the Padma Bridge, which is to be Bangladesh's largest and connect the south-west region with the country's capital Dhaka. |
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Thursday 26 February, 2009 12:58 AM |
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The Aviva Stadium (previously Lansdowne Road) has a long and proud sporting history. The oldest international rugby ground in the world, it had seen many developments since its beginnings, but it was recognized for some time that it no longer provided the requirements of an international sporting arena. Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company, a joint venture between the IRFU and the FAI, was established to redevelop the stadium into a world class sporting facility. |
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Wednesday 25 February, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Ohio-based structural engineer Steinbicker & Associates has developed a free online tool to help owners, developers, and contractors estimate panel thickness and the required amount of steel reinforcing for a typical tilt-up panel on a specific project.
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Tuesday 24 February, 2009 04:18 PM |
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If you drive the GTA's roads , it's painfully clear that pothole season is upon us. As you weave your car through the city's pockmarked streets and highways, wondering why this death-defying experience has become a rite of spring, you might wonder if there's a local institution focused on a solution. |
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Saturday 21 February, 2009 12:11 PM |
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Thornton Tomasetti , the international engineering firm with practices in structural engineering, building performance and building skin design, acquired California-based DASSE Design Inc., a structural engineering firm focused on the health care, education, government and corporate sectors. |
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Saturday 21 February, 2009 08:10 AM |
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The 6.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the Los Angeles community of Northridge at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, killed 57 people, injured more than 5,000, and caused an estimated $20 billion in damage, making it the costliest seismic disaster in U.S. history.
Structures that should have withstood the quake, such as parking garages and freeway overpasses, collapsed and set in motion a major overhaul of building codes. |
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Wednesday 18 February, 2009 11:00 PM |
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Ascending the spiral staircase inside the Monument, seven-year-old Isabel Ainsworth counted 5,000 steps.
She was some way off. The exact number is 311, but your wobbly legs tell you it is many more.
Visitors to the London attraction, which has just reopened after 18 months draped in scaffolding, got their engineering thinking caps on as they breathlessly made their way up all 202 ft (61m) of the tallest freestanding stone column in the world. |
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Tuesday 17 February, 2009 10:40 AM |
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When he mentioned in passing that pervious concrete not only drained well but could drastically reduce the need for winter snow-plowing, the murmurs in the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center became a rumble.
Ruiz, the keynote speaker at the 11th Better Buildings by Design Conference sponsored by Efficiency Vermont, drew on his career as a work-force housing designer to convey an upbeat message in tenuous times: Frugality can drive profits. |
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Thursday 12 February, 2009 05:15 PM |
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NanaWall Sytems introduces a new large opening glass wall for homeowners, builders, architects, and developers that completely disappears upon opening. Operating on a single plane, the new VSW65 offers unprecedented design and engineering benefits for residential and commercial design and architectural needs. |
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Friday 6 February, 2009 04:23 PM |
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Good engineering design will help protect us from the effects of freak weather, says NCE's editor, Antony Oliver.
Two stories this week highlight the challenge faced by UK infrastructure asset managers – namely what are we prepared to spend to keep critical services up and running?
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Friday 6 February, 2009 02:32 PM |
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Walk around any major city in the world and you'll find iconic buildings that simply couldn't have been constructed until just a few years ago.
Some are so admired by the public that they've gained affectionate nicknames: two famous examples are the Bird's Nest (the National Stadium) in Beijing and the Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) in London. |
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Monday 2 February, 2009 06:47 PM |
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The USA's infrastructure is crumbling and threatens the nation's economic well-being, according to a new report by a top engineering group.
A lack of investment in roads, bridges, mass transit and aviation means the cost of repair over the next five years has skyrocketed to $2.2 trillion, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In its last estimate four years ago, the cost was $1.6 trillion.
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Thursday 29 January, 2009 02:44 AM |
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On the lookout for ever more energy-efficient building envelope solutions, a growing number of Building Teams are turning to insulating concrete forms as an alternative to light-gauge steel frame, wood frame, brick masonry, and precast concrete construction in the nonresidential market. |
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Monday 19 January, 2009 09:08 AM |
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The Association of Canadian Engineering Companies (ACEC) has assured Ottawa that the industry has the capacity to tackle additional investment in infrastructure expected to be the central plank of an upcoming economic stimulus package.
“The message is really straightforward: there is more than sufficient capacity to handle new infrastructure work or accelerated infrastructure work,” says ACEC president Jeff Morrison.
“We’re ready to go.” |
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Wednesday 14 January, 2009 08:23 AM |
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Clayco Inc. crews are putting the finishing touches to a unique, environmentally friendly office, research laboratory and conferencing center project for Novus International Inc. at the Missouri Research Park (MRP) in St. Charles, MO. Novus International's new 90,000-square-foot global headquarters showcases many established and forward-thinking elements of sustainable design and construction while providing a healthy and carefully planned environment for employees.
Novus, recognized as a leader in the animal health and nutrition industry, is consolidating its headquarters and research center into a single, flagship global facility. The new structure is located in the MRP, a 200-acre research and development park (owned and managed by the University of Missouri) that has been a catalyst for development along the Highway 40/61 high-tech corridor in St. Charles County.
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Monday 12 January, 2009 08:21 AM |
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The design and construction of the Winchester parking garage is preserving the integrity of the historic area on Winchester's Kent Street corridor by following a design that will meld into the intended architectural look. Yet beneath its aesthetics it will employ modern construction techniques using state-of-the-art precast construction with an embedded façade. This has been an architectural challenge in the revitalized historic district in Winchester. It challenged architects to integrate infill projects that complement each other, while incorporating a style that reflects both old and new. This has been part of a careful shaping that ensures that new buildings will be a contextual fit architecturally and also will meet local design review standards. |
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Friday 9 January, 2009 04:04 PM |
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A new £30 million wind farm in County Durham is using special high-grade steel foundations recycled from the oil industry.
The West Durham wind farm is the first of its
kind for the UK renewable energy industry according to developers, requiring the special tubular steel pile foundations because of the instability of the underlying ground.
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Friday 9 January, 2009 01:26 PM |
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Here’s a little good news to start the year. Nonresidential construction spending rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% in November, partially offsetting another dismal month for the nation’s homebuilders.
Overall construction spending fell 0.6%, stronger than expected compared with the 1.3% decline predicted by economists, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Monday. Residential construction fell to a seasonally adjusted rate of $328.3 billion in November, 4.2% below the revised figure for October. |
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