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Construction to Start on Los Angeles Hotel
Construction will start February 15th on the Wilshire Grand Hotel development in Los Angeles, California. When built, the 1,110-foot hotel will be the tallest structure in the western United States. P...
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5 Things Jenga Can Teach People About Structural Engineering
Jenga is a game that debuted in 1983 that has players stack 54 rectangular pieces each cut to slightly different dimensions in perpendicular rows to form a tower. During each person’s turn, he o...
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Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project Underway
- Jan, 20, 2014
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- Hudson Yards, New York, New York
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group officially broke ground on the Hudson Yards redevelopment in New York City in December 2012. The West Side Yard, commonly referred to as Hudson Yard...
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Comcast Announces Plans to Build 59-Story Skyscraper
- Jan, 17, 2014
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- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts unveiled on Wednesday the new Comcast Innovation and Technology Center that will be built in downtown Philadeliphia. The 59-story tower will cost around $1.2 billion to build...
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Bayonne Bridge to be Raised
- Jan, 15, 2014
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- Bayonne Bridge, Staten Island, New York, NY
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The existing Bayonne Bridge connecting Bayonne, New Jersey and Staten Island, New York will undergo an amazing feat of engineering. The road bed will be raised while the existing road is still o...
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Frigid Temperatures Delay Tappan Zee Bridge Foundation
- Jan, 10, 2014
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- New York, New York
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The icy temperatures sweeping across the United States have caused foundation work on the new Tappan Zee Bridge to come to a halt. The frozen areas of the Hudson River in New York are preventing...
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La Guardia Replacement Contract to be Awarded this Spring
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are hoping to pick a group of winning bidders for the La Guardia airport replacement this spring. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed the outda...
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California High Speed Rail Faces More Setbacks
The California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has had an up and down year. They successfully awarded a $985 million design-build contract for a 29-mile section of track connecting Madera to F...
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Panama Canal Expansion May Face Delays
Spanish construction company Sacyr Vallehermoso announced Wednesday that the Panama Canal Authority has 21 days to pay for the nearly $1.6 billion in cost overruns on the canal expansion project. ...
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Toll Revenue Needed to Fund Brent Spence Bridge Project
The Kentucky and Ohio Departments of Transportation announced that toll revenue would be required to fund the design and construction of a new Brent Spence Bridge. Current estimates place the cost of...
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