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The Largest Building Ever Constructed Has Opened in China
At what point does a building become a city? At 1.7 million square meters, the New Century Global Center lands somewhere between the two.
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Chinese road cut in half because flats accidentally built in its path
Blundering Chinese officials were forced to cut a motorway in half to go around a block of flats after they accidentally erected the building in its proposed path then realized it would cost too much to relocate the tenants. Construction workers had to squeeze the eight-lane highway into four and subsequently left furious residents stuck in the middle of a busy road.
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This Ingenious Way to Build Bridges Will Fix Our Crumbling Infrastructure
The final piece of an intricate puzzle will be slipped into place this weekend. The I-84 corridor that connects New York State to Connecticut is getting an upgraded bridge, and the way they're doing it saves money, limits closures, and could revolutionize the way America remakes its crumbling infrastructure.
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Capitol Dome’s $60 million restoration long overdue
The Capitol Dome is to be surrounded in scaffolding as it undergoes a renovation.
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Squeezed skyscraper's base is so thin that it seems like it may fall
I love the newly city approved Beach & Howe Tower in Vancouver, Canada, a gorgeous 54-story apartment building designed by Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group. It gets extremely thin on its base to avoid a passing highway. From some angles it looks like it may fall to its side. Enjoy all the beautiful pictures.
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Time lapse bridge demolition over night
1000 ton bridge over the country's busiest motorway being demolished overnight, a good display of coordinated action where every minute counts and the job has to be completed
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Something unknown has blocked the progress of the biggest tunnel-boring machine in the world
SEATTLE — A secret subterranean heart, tinged with mystery and myth, beats beneath the streets in many of the world’s great cities. Tourists seek out the catacombs of Rome, the sewers of Paris and the subway tunnels of New York. Some people believe a den of interstellar aliens lurks beneath Denver International Airport.
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How the World's Next Tallest Building Will Be Built
A crucial step towards building the next tallest building on Earth is underway: Engineers on the Kingdom Tower, a proposed 3,280 foot tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, are beginning tests to figure out how to pump wet concrete more than half a mile into the sky.
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Golden Gate Bridge hits milestone in 2013 with 46 suicides
San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge marked a milestone in 2013 as 46 people leaped to their deaths in what appears to be the deadliest year for suicides at the California landmark, a watchdog group said on Tuesday.
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World's Tallest Building Underway
There is no revelation in considering another Oil rich Country is on verge of building another remarkable structure. However this one will top it all, as it will stand a staggering Kilometer high. In the year 2019 the World’s tallest building, The Kingdom Tower will stand in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, standing at-least 568 feet taller than The Burj-Khalifa.
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Painting Industry - Looking Brighter
Painting Industry looking brighter; housing market, construction industry recovery means opportunities for painting companies to expand or franchise.
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Six Flags Completes World's Tallest Drop Ride – 'Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom'
Clearly not for the faint of heart, the Zumanjaro will drop riders over 400 feet at 90 miles per hour. Take a closer look if you dare...
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A Chinese Company 3D Printed 10 Houses In A Day
There's a lot you can do with a 3D printer. Now add "building a house in a day" to the list. The WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co. has printed 10 homes in 24 hours out of recycled materials.
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This Concrete-Eating Robot Can Recycle An Entire Building On The Spot
Knocking down a concrete building usually takes brute force: Wrecking balls, huge excavators, or explosives rip apart walls while fire hoses spray water to keep the clouds of dust down. It’s an energy-intensive process, and after everything’s been torn apart, the concrete often ends up in a landfill or has to be trucked to a recycling facility. But a new concrete-erasing robot may eventually transform the messy business of demolition.
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'World's fastest' lift to be built
Hitachi has said it will install a lift capable of reaching speeds of 72km/h (45mph) into a skyscraper in Guangzhou, southern China.
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Under Construction: What does all the equipment even do?
Direct Capital provides an infographic filled with information about construction equipment that you probably didn't know.
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North Korea building collapse may reveal Achilles heel of Kim's regime
It may have taken the collapse of an apartment block in an exclusive district of the North Korean capital to reveal the Achilles heel of young leader Kim Jong Un's secretive regime. Last week's accident killed the families of people important enough for North Korea to issue an obsequious and unprecedented public apology in a bid to quell public anger, some analysts said. The 23-storey building in Phyongchon...
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The bizarre secret of London’s buried diggers
After excavating your mega-basement in Holland Park, it’s cheaper and easier to leave the JCB entombed down there with the pool, personal cinema and staff quarters.
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Paris ‘locks of love’ bridge evacuated due to partial collapse
Sometimes too much love can be a bad thing as Paris discovered on Sunday when thousands of “locks of love” attached to a footbridge caused part of the railing to collapse, forcing an evacuation. Thousands of lovers from across the world visit the Pont des Arts every year and seal their love by attaching a lock carrying their names to its railing and throwing the key in the Seine.
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Golden Gate bridge board unanimously approves $76m anti-suicide net
A tearful Dan Barks, who lost his son, Donovan, to suicide on the bridge in 2008, said after the vote that he was almost speechless. "A lot of people have done so much incredible work to get this accomplished," he said.He rose from his knees and shared a tearful embrace with Sue Story of Rocklin, whose son Jacob jumped off the bridge in 2010. "We did it, Dan! We did it! It's no longer the Bridge of Death anymore," she said.
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