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China To House The World's Tallest Tower - 2 Km High | 636 Floors
The construction of 1km high tower, the Kingdom Tower, is underway. It was #-Link-Snipped-#Â that it will surpass the Burj Khalifa (828m...
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Princess Tower On Dubai Marina Skyline Is World's Tallest Residential Tower
The Princess Tower overlooking the Palm Jumeirah Islands is now officially the world’s tallest residential building. On 21st, May, 2012 Guinness Wor...
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Dancing Dragaons - The Skyscrapers With Breathable Skin
The architecture of the buildings designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill always has something special to offer. The buildings like Burj...
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After Underwater Hotels, It Is Underwater Mosque Now.
The construction innovations are nowadays not just about scaling heights by constructing buildings trying to break new records. Early this month Dubai...
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Turanor Does A Magellan - Becomes The First Solar Powered Catamaran To Circumnavigate The World
This recent news about the Swiss Turanor PlanetSolar confirms the faith on the renewable source of energy. The 31m x 15m catamaran,...
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Water Discus Hotel - Underwater Hotels In Dubai Soon To Be A Reality
Dubai never ceases to surprise us with the innovations in its construction Industry. They created man-made islands along its coast, a record...
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Five Story Building Performance Test During Earthquake And Post-Earthquake Fires
When an earthquake strikes it’s the high-value buildings such as hospitals, schools and other important buildings which have to be operational and.....
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Ahvaz Bridge - Middle East's Longest Cable Bridge Inaugurated
This week saw the inauguration of the Ahvaz cable bridge, in Iran, in the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Located in the...
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Japan's Floating Wind Farms For Safer Energy Production
With the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in 2011, Japan has started scouting for other options of safer energy production. Japan’s Ministry.....
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Dubai Mall To Expand By One Million Square Feet; Big Just Got Bigger!
The Dubai Mall of Emmar Properties will now expand by nearly one million sq ft. The mall which is already known as...
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Nykredit Headquarters In Copenhagen Has Floating Rooms 50 Ft Above Ground
There is never a dearth for innovative ideas in any field. And coming to innovation aspect of architectural designs, the weirder the...
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30 Storey Building Constructed In 15 Days! Broad Group's Timelapse Video
Earlier they amazed the construction world by showing that they are capable of constructing a 16-storey building in just six days. Now...
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Baluarte Bridge In Mexico Is World’s Highest Cable-Stayed Bridge
Baluarte Bridge has now broken the record held by the Millau Viaduct of France to become the world’s highest cable-stayed bridge in...
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Snow City Construction Begins In Moscow's Sokolniki Park
The construction of a snow city to adorn Russia’s capital, Moscow began yesterday. By January 10th this city will be completed at...
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Glass Tunnel Link to Connect Dubai Mall And Burj Khalifa Metro Station Soon
Soon Dubai will have a Pedestrian link connecting Dubai Mall, the world’s largest shopping destination and Emaar Malls Group’s developme...
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First Of The Three Thames Cable Car Towers Completed
The construction of London Thames Cable Car, named “Emirates Air Line” after the sponsor, Dubai-based Airline Emirates, began last Augus...
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World's Largest Optical Telescope Construction To Begin In Chile This Year
With the funding for the project secured, the Construction of the world's largest telescope, the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will commence...
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DSWP Wins Its First Petchem Project In North Africa
Drake & Scull Water and Power (DSWP) won its first petrochemical project in North Africa. Though the company was formed in 2010...
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Al-Haramain Train Project To Enter The Final Phase
The Saudi authorities have announced that the multi billion dollar Al Haramain Train project’s final phase will be signed soon. The project...
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Construction Sector In 2011: A Year That Made Civil Engineers Proud
What a year it has been. 2011 saw some marvelous structures coming into existence and many more being planned. In this post...
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Autodesk Releases 2012 Design Software Packages
Autodesk is a leader in the field of engineering and 3D design. The software of Autodesk is used by clients across manufacturing,...
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Dubai's Park Towers - World's Best In Mixed-Use Development Category
Damac having won many accolades like the ‘Developer of the Year’ and ‘Best High-Rise Architecture’ has scooped y...
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Mumbai Firm To Invest $200m In A Polyester Plant In Bahrain
JBF Industries ltd, a $1.5 billion enterprise, has signed a contract to invest $200 million in establishing a polyester film plant in...
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$600m Movie Theme Park To Be Constructed In Dubai
The real estate firm Meraas will be constructing a AED2.2bn ($598m) movie-based theme park in Dubai. The 74 hectare park located near ...
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Theiss Wins Wheatsone Contract To Construct 1.2km Microtunnel
Theiss, a construction, mining and services contractor, has just won a AU$60million (£38.6million) tunneling contract to construct a tunnel to connect two...
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London’s Largest Office Building To Be Built By Mace
The new London headquarters of the global financial firm UBS is going to come into existence with a record of being the...
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Lai Chi Kok Drainage Tunnel - Main Tunnel Breakthrough
The contract to design and construct the Lai Chi Kok Transfer Scheme was won by Leighton Asia and the construction work began...
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New Port In Jordan To Be Constructed By BAM
BAM International has been awarded the contract to build the new port in Jordan. The new port will be situated 15 miles...
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Bullet Train Between Chennai And Hyderabad To Reduce Travel Time
The travel between Chennai and Hyderabad in just more than two hours may soon be possible with the Indian Railways planning to...
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New Building Codes For Qatar - Construction Week Conference
Dr Yousef al-Horr, chairman of the Gulf Organization for Research and Development made the announcement regarding the new version of the National...
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BAM And Aedas Win £40m Contract To Build ROC At ‘York Engineers Triangle’
BAM and Aedas have been assigned the contract to design and build the Rail Operating Centre (ROC) and a training centre, to...
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Flight Assembled Architecture In Quadrocopters - Robots For Construction In France Exhibition
An exhibition which will showcase 6m high tower entirely built by flying robots will be hosted in France. Swiss architects Gramazio &...
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Multigait Soft Robot Inspired From Starfishes Is Developed By Harvard University Team
The soft robot, a work by a Harvard University team consisting of Professor George Whitesides, Robert Shepherd and their colleagues of the...
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Collective Osmotic Shock- A New Method To Create Nanoporous Materials
The conventional method of creating nanoporous materials involves removing minor quantities of material and leaving voids in its place. One disadvantage in...
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Crystal Tower Under Construction - Ground Level To Be Complete By Jan 2012
The construction of the Crystal Tower which will be located in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) began in October, 2010. The...
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New Earthquake Proof Bridge For San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay will soon house the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever built. It will be designed to be able to sway...
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Trans Atlantic Project - Eastern Africa To Get Connected To Three Continents
Soon Africa would be connected to three other continents, North America, South America and Europe, by fiber optic cables by the new...
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Kingdom Tower Construction To Commence From January 2012
Early this year Kingdom holding, the company headed by Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, announced their plans to build a skyscraper that...
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2 KM Tower Is No More Impossible, Say Skyscraper Experts
Man is never satisfied with his progress and achievements. There is always a struggle to achieve more. Only recently the architectural plans...
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Taipei 101 Is LEED Certified To Become The World's Tallest Green Building
Taipei 101 may no longer be the world’s tallest building but now it has another coveted title to#-Link-Snipped-# its credit-“Worldâ€...
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Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge - World's Longest Cross-Sea Bridge Constructed
On 30<sup>th</sup>, June, 2011 Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge became the world’s longest cross-sea bridge. This long cross-sea bridge is located at...
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2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar – An Architectural Overview Of The Stadiums (Part-II)
If you haven't read the first part, check it out here: #-Link-Snipped-# Qatar has already been successful in attracting the attention of...
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The Australian High Speed Vehicle (A-HSV) Concept By HASSELL
The design studio HASSELL has come up with a sleek train concept, inspired by the hard styling of the iconic 1960s Australian...
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2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar - An Architectural Overview Of The Stadiums (Part-I)
Qatar is raising expectations of the entire world with the slogan 'expect amazing' for the 2022 FIFA world cup. Qatar plans to...
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London Olympics 2012 Stadium Design And Construction
The most expected sporting events of the next year is the London Olympics 2012. And the designers have taken up a challenge...
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Kingdom Tower To Take Burj Khalifa's Position
It will not be long before the Burj Khalifa loses its record for being the world’s tallest building. The Saudi Arabia’s kingdom...
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Diagrid Structure In The Skyscrapers
Think new constructions, think sky scrapers. Most of the constructions coming up these days are skyscrapers. And of late one technology seems...
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The Georgia Dome - The Fabric Roofed Architecture
The domes have been a part of the civilization for many years. There is one dome that I think is worth mentioning....
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China Central Television Headquarters (CCTV) Tower – Structural Perspective
This building might be a little familiar if you’ve watched the karate kid film. This building is shown along with the stadiums...
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China Central Television Headquarters (CCTV) Tower - An Architectural Perspective
It was in 2004 when the China Central television decided to get itself a new headquarters in Beijing. The plans were to...
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Civil Engineer's take at 'Roof Terracing'
For those who love to stay close to nature, Roof garden may be the closest option these days. In the present scenario...
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XXIV All India Builder’s Convention 2011 Covered
The XXIV All India Builder’s Convention is taking place this year in Chennai at the Chennai Trade Centre from January 23<sup>rd</sup>-25<sup>th</sup>. This...
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Rotating Tower in Dubai: Dynamic Architecture
Civil engineering is the mother of all engineering say some. I’d say civil engineering is the other name for innovation. One sees...
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The World’s Furthest Leaning Manmade Tower
The buildings coming up in the recent times all have some unique feature in them that makes them all wonders. One such...