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Museum of the Future structurally complete
Gulf Construction   11 December 2018   United Arab Emirates   Dubai  
Museum of the Future ... set to open in 2020.
<p>Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has announced the completion of the structure for the Museum of the Future, which aims to be an icon of the future of science and innovation and a top global destination for the launch of new technologies.</p>
Filed under: Construction News
Massive tunnel boring machines headed for Melbourne
West Gate Tunnel Project   10 December 2018   Australia   Melbourne  
<p>The first of the two massive tunnel boring machines that will dig the West Gate Tunnel will begin its journey to Melbourne next week.</p> <p>Melbournians have talked about an alternative to the West Gate Bridge for decades, and the Labor Government will ...
Filed under: Construction News
Washington State Workers to Install Equipment to Monitor Slow-Moving Landslide
Government Technology   06 December 2018   USA   Washington State  
Large containers line a road below the ridge, an effort to help block rocks and debris from reaching the highway. AP/ELAINE THOMPSON
<p>Geologists say the 20-acre, 200-foot-deep mass could continue sliding for years, if not decades, and will likely fall bit by bit into the quarry pit owned by Columbia Asphalt. It will not become a fast-moving, catastrophically damaging landslide, they say.</p> <p><br ...
Big magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits New Caledonia
news.com.au   05 December 2018   New Caledonia   Loyalty Islands  
The quake struck off the coast of New Caledonia. File picture: Martial DosdaneSource:Supplied
<p>A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake and multiple aftershocks have struck off the coast of New Caledonia in the Loyalty Islands.</p> <p>The first quake, which struck about 3.30pm AEDT, appears to have been shallow &mdash; at just 10km beneath the Earth&rsquo;s ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Alaska residents try to return to normalcy after earthquake rocks region
CNN   03 December 2018   USA   Alaska, Anchorage  
People walk along a road in Wasilla after Friday's earthquake.
<p>The 7.0-magnitude earthquake sent residents scurrying for cover when it hit at about 8:30 a.m. Friday. The quake was centered 10 miles northeast of Anchorage.<br />The majority of the aftershocks were of a magnitude 2.5 or weaker, meaning they weren't likely ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Over 700 Injured In Iran Earthquake
NDTV   26 November 2018   Iran  
State TV showed images of cracked walls inside homes in Iran. (File)
<p>Tehran: More than 700 people were injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that shook western Iran, state television reported in an updated toll Monday.<br />The quake struck Kermanshah province yesterday, with an epicentre 17 kilometres (11 miles) southwest ...
Waikato's Perry Bridge wins on world stage
Hamilton News   23 November 2018   New Zealand  
Hamilton News By: Tom Rowland and Peter Tiffany
<p>The Perry Bridge over the Waikato River on Te Awa &mdash; The Great River Ride has beaten structures from around the world to win an international award for engineering excellence.<br />The bridge, at Horotiu north of Hamilton, was recognised as the best ...
Filed under: Contests
China is building the world's longest double-deck suspension bridge with an incredible 5,570ft span
Mail Online   20 November 2018   China  
A 1,000-tonne steel beam is lifted to be installed at the construction site of the Yangsigang Bridge in China last Thursday
<p>The Yangsigang Bridge boasts a single span of 1,700 metres (5,577 feet) over the Yangtze River and will cost a whopping eight billion yuan (&pound;900 million) to construct.<br />The bridge's span is 221 metres (725 feet) shorter than that of Japan's Akashi ...
Filed under: Construction News
Australia’s rehabilitation of abandoned mines offers lessons for the world
Cosmos Magazine   16 November 2018   Australia  
Photo courtesy of Green MPs, from Flickr, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
<p>Across the globe, countries are figuring out how to bring plants and animals back to abandoned mines. With as many as 60,000 such sites, Australia could offer important lessons. Bianca Nogrady reports.</p>
Filed under: Mining News
A Massive Geological Surprise Has Been Discovered Under Greenland's Ice Sheet
Science Alert   14 November 2018   Greenland  
(Natural History Museum of Denmark, Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
<p>In the far North of the globe, hidden under continental sheet ice nearly a kilometre thick, geologists have found evidence that, not so long ago, Greenland was rocked by a collision with a massive meteorite.<br />The proof? A huge impact crater, 31 kilometres ...