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We see bridges, buildings and highways on a daily basis, but have you ever wondered how these structures are designed and built? These civil engineering articles help explain this very question.
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The Senate just crossed a hurdle to get a bipartisan infrastructure bill signed. It could pay for new roads, bridges and other installations that a country needs to function. But why is infrastructure so notoriously hard to fund in America anyway?
The designer of New York's Central Park believed that public parks were 'democratic spaces' belonging to all citizens, and aren't we glad he did?
By Wendy Bowman
PROTEUS, the underwater research station and habitat, is being designed to address medical discoveries, food sustainability and the impact of climate change. Plus, it's really cool looking.
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Back in the 1930s, folks realized they needed a better way to cross the Golden Gate Strait between San Francisco and the Marin Headlands than by boat. Over eighty years later, the Golden Gate Bridge is the city's most prominent landmark.
The name bestowed on a road depends on its size and function. And it's not just up to your neighborhood's developer either.
The London borough of Islington plans to harness the excess heat of the London Underground to hike up the heat to nearby homes and businesses.
Bordeaux's famed and beautiful reflecting pool will have you snapping photographs and feeling like you're walking on water.
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The Japanese inventor's textured ground surface indicators to assist pedestrians at traffic crossings.
There's a mysterious tower in Texas that strongly resembles Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower. Its constructors say they're testing some new forms of electromagnetic waves. But is something else going on?
These days, you can do a lot more at a transit hub than simply catch a train or a bus.
City workers have pulled 46 tons of the colorful beads from New Orleans' clogged catch basins, mostly from a five-block stretch along St. Charles Avenue.
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Defensive design is becoming increasingly important in cities around the world.
You might be surprised to learn that the twists and turns of streets in the suburbs date all the way to the Industrial Revolution.
Is honesty the best policy? New York subway delays have been couched in mystery for years, but the MTA is now dishing out hard truths about why trains are running behind.
What is it about this state that makes it so dangerous for those on two feet? A few things, it turns out.
By Chris Opfer
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Roundabouts aren't all that complicated, but they're still relatively rare in the U.S., especially when compared with France.
What if you bought a multimillion-dollar luxury apartment, only to find out it was slowly sinking?
What do you do when you're out of land but want to expand an airport? Try building on water.
China's Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon glass-bottomed bridge is so high most of the world's buildings would fit in the gap between it and the canyon floor. So why not hit it?
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Steel and glass office towers are the norm in most modern cities. But some imaginative architects want to switch to a renewable, less carbon-intensive old standby: wood.
Whether we're talking bricks or fences, there are serious logistical hurdles – not to mention financial ones – to walling off an entire country.
By Chris Opfer
Is 1 mile out of 5 on U.S. interstates really supposed to be straight so that planes can land on them in an emergency? Find out the truth about this long-held urban legend.
Environmental engineering existed long before it had a name. It began at the dawn of civilization when we started changing our surroundings to meet our needs.
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It's a recipe for disaster: Venice is sinking, and the waters around it are rising. Can the controversial MOSE project save Italy's famous city with a series of aqua gates?
Often the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the news during a national disaster or levee project. But this agency has a long and storied history that goes back as far as George Washington.
By Dave Roos