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The Army Corps of Engineers reveals initial coastal resiliency plan for New York City

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The Army Corps estimates construction on the $52 billion project would begin in 2030 and be complete by 2044. Army Corps of Engineers has released a 569-page report outlining a coastal storm risk management feasibility study. The New York District, North Atlantic Division of the U.S.

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AECOM, Bechtel officially join reconstruction effort in Ukraine

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billion worth of damage to infrastructure across the country, according to estimates from the Kyiv School of Economics. AECOM and Bechtel have both announced their involvement in the international effort to rebuild Ukraine following 15 months of a devastating war which had, by mid-spring, enacted more than $147.5

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'Turning skyscrapers into batteries': SOM unveils energy storage prototypes partnership

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Led by SOM Partners Adam Semel and Scott Duncan in collaboration with Burj Khalifa ’s structural engineer Bill Baker, the initiative will be the first such technology to integrate gravity-based energy storage technology within the superstructure of tall buildings, enabling a carbon payback within accelerated 3–4 year timeframes.

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China to launch one-kilometre-wide solar farm into space

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When revealing plans for the structure, Chinese aerospace engineer Long Lehao referred to it as "another Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth", South China Morning Post reported. They are also estimated to be 10 times more efficient at energy collection than photovoltaic panels on Earth.

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China will build replacement for Gensler soccer stadium design in Guangzhou following Evergrande debt scramble

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China Construction Fourth Engineering Division won the engineering procurement construction contract to build the Guangzhou Football Park with a CNY2.4 billion (USD328 million) bid, the unit of China State Construction Engineering announced on its official WeChat account yesterday.

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Transportation Secretary Buttigieg admits ‘we don't fully know’ scope or extent of Francis Scott Key Bridge repairs in Baltimore

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He noted that he didn't have an estimate on the rebuilding timeline, but the bridge itself took five years to initially construct. Engineering News-Record reported that debris removal has already begun in haste at Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site, where six people lost their lives last Tuesday , courtesy of the U.S.

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Devastating 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria

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There are no estimates available yet as to the number of structures either collapsed or damaged across the region, but a minimum of 3,400 lives have been lost as a result of the quake and a wave of very powerful aftershocks as concerns grow about both governments' ability to organize civil response efforts in the most impacted regions.