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Greta Greene, 2, dies day after bricks fall at UWS building
A 2-year-old girl who was hit when bricks rained down from a building died Monday, police sources said.
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Golden Gate Bridge builders ate special meals to prevent dizziness
Strong tides, swirling currents, deep water, strong winds and fog — engineers long argued that such conditions meant bridging the Golden Gate was either impossible or prohibitively expensive. But one engineer took a different view. Joseph Strauss was an expert in inland drawbridges, with no experience in large scale projects, yet he submitted plans for a bridge that could be built for a quarter of the generally accepted figure.
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The World's Longest (and Scariest) Glass Pedestrian Bridge
Haim Dotan didn't want to build a bridge. When two engineers approached the Israeli architect about designing a span across a 1,200-foot canyon in Zhangjiajie National Forest in China, his answer was a quick and resounding no. The land is known for its dramatic jagged rock formations and rich vegetation. If it looks like a scene out of Avatar, that’s because it is. The area, in the northwest part of Hunan province, was director James Cameron’s inspiration for the movie’s Halleluja Mountain.
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Why There May Be Toxins In Your Home
We'll clue you in on where you may find toxins in your home and how to keep your family healthy.
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Chairman Zhang's flatpack skyscrapers
A Chinese entrepreneur who took just just 19 days to build a 57-storey tower says he has triggered a construction revolution. And his dreams soar far, far higher.
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Official 11 Year Time-Lapse Movie of One World Trade Center
Time-lapse showing the building progress from October 2004 to Memorial Day 2015.
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Tesla’s first building phase nearly complete
The first building phase of Tesla’s massive battery factory being constructed in Northern Nevada is nearly complete, a legislative panel was told Thursday.
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Brick-laying robot can build a full-sized house in two days
As robots get smarter, cheaper and more versatile, they're taking on more challenges – including bricklaying. Engineers in Australia have created a fully working house-builder that can create the brick framework of a property in just two days, working about 20 times faster than a human bricklayer.
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Roman Builders May Have Copied Volcanic
The rock of the Campi Flegrei Caldera, west of Naples, Italy, has an intricate network of mineral fibers—just like the famed Roman concrete. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Towers on new Tappan Zee Bridge set to rise
Construction of the towers that will give the new Tappan Zee Bridge its distinctive look could start in August. Each of the eight towers on the cable-stayed crossing will be as tall as a 42-story building.
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Crazy paving: Rotterdam to consider trialling plastic roads
Dutch city could be first to pave its streets with recycled plastic bottles, a surface claimed to be greener, quicker to lay and more reliable than asphalt
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Incredible Photos Tell The Story Of The Hoover Dam
Construction of the Hoover Dam began on July 7, 1930, marking the beginning of the creation of one of the largest manmade structures in the world. According to History.com, it took five years to bu
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50 Shades of Gray: Matching Concrete and the Challenges of Restoring Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple
Exterior image of Unity Temple. All photos courtesy Unity Temple Restoration Foundation. Architecture fans plan pilgrimages to Chicago just to see key works by icons such as Mies van...
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Hope develops concrete for rail upgrade
Hope designed HOPEFlow Rail concrete, which has been used in the Winchburgh Tunnel between Glasgow and Edinburgh for the first time.
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New Designs: Is Hybrid Wood Replacing Concrete?
Nothing lasts forever, even for concrete.
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A Chinese company assembled this 3D-printed home in just three hours
A Chinese real estate company recently completed manufacturing a 3D-printed home and assembled the finished product in Xi'an in just three hours.
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Hyperloop Rapid Transit System Construction to Start in 2016
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is poised to begin laying the groundwork for the Hyperloop, a futuristic steel tube transportation system that would shuttle passengers at speeds of 1,200 kilometers per hour (almost 750 mph).
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Construction Industry Granted Third Most Exemptions for Commercial Drone Use
Construction industry has been granted 74 of the first 500 exemptions; real estate highest at 153 followed by agriculture with 106
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Construction Not Keeping Up with Demand In Light Industrial Market
While huge warehouse and distribution mega-boxes get most of the attention from analysts and institutional capital, the unassuming light-industrial building has quietly emerged as the sleeper in today's red-hot U.S. industrial market.
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Robots Build Large Structures With Brick and Concrete
Construction robotics has the potential to drastically speed up building structures while reducing cost
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