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…
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…
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…
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…
