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Structural Engineering News Recap of November 2024
- Dec, 03, 2024
- Structural Design Structural Optimization Sustainable Development Other Structural Structural Reliability Wind Engineering Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Bridge Design Bridge Management Bridges Load Factors Structural Loads Structural Behavior
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You can now find TheStructuralEngineer.info's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting structural engineering news of November 2024. Namely, these...
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Astoria, St. Petersburg: A New $225 million tower is about to be constructed
- Nov, 08, 2024
- Structural Design Structural Reliability Wind Engineering Other Structural News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Oregon, Astoria
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A new 49-storey tower is about to be constructed in Astoria, St. Petersburg in replacement of the City Center garage at 100 2nd Ave. S, which is set to be demolished. A Miami developer has received a...
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ATX Tower, Austin: Pioneering Performance-Based Wind Design in High-Rise Construction
- Jun, 18, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Load Factors Performance-Based Design Structural Optimization Wind Tunnel Wind Engineering Other Structural Standards And Design Codes News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Texas, Austin
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The University of Texas at Austin designed the ATX Tower, the first high-rise to incorporate the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design (PBWD). Curre...
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Depreciation models to accelerate the building construction
- May, 23, 2024
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Wind Engineering Structural Optimization Other Structural Soft Computing Applications News On Research / Academia Other News
- United Kingdom, Bristol
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Research that has been conducted by a team from the University of Bristol and published in the journal Structures claims that high-rise buildings are thoroughly constructed to withstand wind forces....
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World’s largest rope bridge in Hungary will be released to the public early in the summer
- Apr, 17, 2024
- Bridge Management Bridge Design Bridges Structural Design Load Factors Structural Optimization Wind Engineering Other Structural News On Products & Services Other News
- Hungary
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Soon, the public will have the opportunity to enjoy the impressive pedestrian suspension bridge, known as the Bridge of National Unity, which is set to be opened this year (at the beginning of the su...
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Croatia to construct a new bridge from the mainland to Krk Island
- Mar, 07, 2024
- Bridge Design Bridges Structural Design Structural Optimization Structural Systems Structure Types Concrete Structures Wind Engineering Other Structural News On Projects / Industry
- Croatia
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In order to manage the traffic congestion on the aging (opened on July 19, 1980) Tito Bridge, a new, larger bridge is being constructed from the mainland to Krk Island and is expected to be finalized...
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Italy to start the construction of the longest suspension bridge in the world
- Feb, 28, 2024
- Bridge Design Bridges Performance-Based Design Structural Optimization Wind Engineering Other Structural News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Italy
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The construction of the suspension bridge connecting Sicily and mainland Italy, which has been delayed for nearly a decade, might finally start this year after the recent approval of the design provi...
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Building partially collapsed due to wind loading
- Jan, 21, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Load Factors Damage (Structural) Wind Engineering Other Structural News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/phenomena Other News
- United Kingdom
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Emergency responders were called to Welch Way in Witney on the evening of January 21 after the partial collapse of a building. No injuries were reported in the incident. It should be mentioned that,...
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Historic building collapse due to wind loading
- Nov, 20, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Wind Engineering Other Structural Concrete Structures News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, California , Riverside
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A historic building collapsed due to wind loading in Riverside on Monday afternoon. Debris resulting from the collapse caused the closure of traffic in Riverside. Although the building, located at 29...
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An innovative new single-blade wind turbine to change the landscape of offshore wind energy
- Sep, 15, 2023
- Wind Engineering Sustainable Development Other Structural News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia Other News
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The global renewable energy production is currently at a mere 11%, which is far below the required 60% target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Achieving this goal requires international coopera...
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