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Next Generation Construct Platform, Makeblock

Makeblock has just made creativity even simpler. The extrusion based construct platform allows for creative designs of machines, robots and artware, and anything else in between. Using mostly aluminium, Makeblock’s key is its simplicity, requiring…

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Egypt’s $90 Billion South Valley Project

While civilization blossomed in a narrow strip of land in the valley and delta of the Nile River in early times, today, 83 million Egyptians are now densely packed into just 3 percent of the…

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Three Gorges Dam Project. China’s Biggest Project Since The Great Wall

What is the Three Gorges Dam Project? The Chinese set out to build the largest hydro power dam in the world, fully four times as large as the Hoover Dam, with a height of 607…

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Saving Venice: The MOSE Project

The MOSE (MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico) Project in Venice, Italy is the city’s attempt to address the ever threatening problem of mass flooding that could hit the city. The project first started as far back as…

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Panama Canal Expansion Impacts Worldwide Shipping

The Panama Canal Authority began the process of expanding the nearly century old Panama Canal in 2008 through a $5.52 billion project scheduled for completion in 2015. The expansion program includes four major components: “New-Panamax”…

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The Most Beautiful Bridge in the World, Millau Viaduct

The Millau Viaduct was born out of a growing tangle of traffic on the route from Paris to Spain. The worst area was the pass through the Tarn River gorge near the town of Millau.…

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Highest Outdoor Elevator in the World, Hundred Dragons Elevator

Bailong Elevator, also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator, is a glass elevator built into the side of a rocky mountain range full of thousands of sandstone columns that rise up thousands of feet in…

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Largest US Public Works Project Costs $14.7 Billion, 5.6 Times Over Budget

The Big Dig, the largest public works project in US history, required $110,000,000 a month at its peak and poured 3.7 million cubic yards of concrete, nearly enough to build a sidewalk three feet wide…

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Sinking Cities, Rising Waters, The Solution is Biblical

The recent flooding that inundated New York City and left a cleanup and reconstruction bill of $65 billion has politicians and city planners scratching their heads and looking far and wide for creative and dependable…

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Conceptual “Transformer” Excavator from SANY

“It’s amazing! Take a photo for me with the transformer!” At the exhibition, the conceptual excavator robot “Transformer” made by Sany Heavy Machinery became the indisputable “Popular Star” in the Exhibition. “Look! The transformer can…

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Construction

Next Generation Construct Platform, Makeblock

Egypt’s $90 Billion South Valley Project

Three Gorges Dam Project. China’s Biggest Project Since The Great Wall

Saving Venice: The MOSE Project

Panama Canal Expansion Impacts Worldwide Shipping

The Most Beautiful Bridge in the World, Millau Viaduct

Highest Outdoor Elevator in the World, Hundred Dragons Elevator

Largest US Public Works Project Costs $14.7 Billion, 5.6 Times Over Budget

Sinking Cities, Rising Waters, The Solution is Biblical

Conceptual “Transformer” Excavator from SANY

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