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Cairo & the Built Environment: Past, Present, and Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

This ambitious project–owned by the Egyptian National Authority of Tunnels (NAT)–is intended to create a direct connection between Cairo, the New Administrative Capital, and 6th of October City via a two-line rapid transit system. When completed, this will be the longest driverless monorail system in the world.

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Why is it Important to Have Your Lift Serviced on a Regular Basis

UK Construction Blog

The number of floors it operates over Throughout the entirety of its lifespan it is important to have your lift routinely inspected as well as implementing a programme of preventative lift maintenance. Hydraulic installations and traction systems may require additional tests.

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Off-Grid Monolithic Cob House

Natural Building

It has a 1-kilowatt solar power system and a backup generator for electricity, a propane radiant in-floor heating system and a Rumford fireplace for heat, and a constructed wetland for natural wastewater treatment. This home is different because it’s a structural cob house, so the 2-foot thick walls are load-bearing.

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Contributing to a New Youth Scout Den in New Zealand

Strong Tie

Our Simpson Strong-Tie New Zealand branch was established in 2010 and helps provide Simpson Strong-Tie products to our friends in New Zealand. Simpson Strong-Tie Quik Drive In 2004, Simpson Strong-Tie acquired Quik Drive® fastening systems , a company based in Gallatin, Tennessee, USA.

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The Engineering Miracles Behind Burj Khalifa

CCR Magazine

Completed in 2010, the towering edifice reaches a total height of 2,717 feet and is a sharp contrast against the relatively flat landscape around it. Building such an immense structure posed several unique challenges that almost no other building project anywhere on the planet has encountered.

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Effects of acoustical ceiling panel type: Vertical sound isolation

Construction Specifier

Inter-room noise isolation applies to enclosed rooms horizontally adjacent to one another on the same floor. For example, students being energetic in their classroom on an upper floor of a school building should not disturb peers concentrating in the library below them. Requirements in building standards.

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Sustainable, Award-winning Design gives New Life to Parkland Hospital

BDC Network

Ground was broken on the project in 2010, and the first patients were transferred from the old facility to the new one in the summer of 2015. The material was fabricated by NOW Specialties using their NOW 3100 route-and-return dry system. DeVore is particularly proud of the way these details structure the experience of the building.