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First Look: SOM's design for All Aboard Florida Fort Lauderdale rail station

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An estimated three million car trips will be eliminated from the Southeastern United States each year—one of North America''s region busiest with visitors, thanks to sunny weather and theme parks. At least, that''s the plan for All Aboard Florida , the country''s only privately owned, operated, and financed railway project.

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World's largest museum captured ahead of opening in Egypt

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In the photos shared by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the colossal building, also known as the Giza Museum, is framed against the Pyramids of Giza. The current estimated opening is late spring 2024, according to a third-party site documenting the museum's progress.

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A case for mid-rise: How multifamily housing can reshape our cities

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million units of housing, whereas in 2022, an estimated 420,000 new rental apartments were built in the United States, the highest amount for new multifamily construction in a half-century. McKinsey & Company estimates that prefabrication can boost the speed of construction by as much as 50% and cut costs by 20%. was short 3.8

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Elon Musk proposes Tesla tunnel in Miami to "solve traffic and be an example to the world"

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Boring Company looking for public funding to finance tunnel. North Miami Beach is currently looking at securing public funding to finance its transit tunnel system, the city's commissioner Michael Joseph told Business Insider. But a number of civil and tunnel engineering experts have raised doubts about the validity of these claims.

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The World’s Tallest Building Should Never Have Been Built. Change My Mind.

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Was anyone actually impressed by this building as a feat of engineering when it went up in 2009? While the surrounding hotels, malls, and other attractions generate a great deal of income for the local economy, the colossal Burj Khalifa was financed by a massive amount of debt and it is still unknown whether it will ever pay for itself.

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The Future of Architecture: Changing How Housing Is Built in the World’s Most Disaster-Prone Countries

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The public benefit corporation coordinates engineers, builders, coders, policy advocates and lending partners to provide urgently needed housing solutions in the world’s most disaster-prone countries. We estimate there’s an opportunity to save 4.8 Build Change is a global leader in systems change for resilient housing.

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The Benefits of Construction Project Portfolio Management

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According to the KPMG Global Construction Survey of 223 engineering and construction (E&C) industry experts, innovative leaders (the top 20%) are way ahead in governance and controls. construction industry—and efforts involved in consequential rework—is estimated at a staggering $177 billion annually.