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MATTER MAGAZINE (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A massive tidal power project at the mouth of Great Britain's longest river could create a 10-mile wide, $15 billion (in pounds) dam that would generate 17 terrawatts of electricity per year. I've always been a sucker for giant engineering projects, from classics like the Great Pyramids to modern marvels including Dubai's world-shaped islands and Taipei 101. I'm not interested beating nature into...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
MaduraiMore scope for civil engineers Shastry V. Mallady and T. Saravanan Students throng “The Hindu Education Plus Fair 2008” — Photo: K. Ganesan. interactive session: C.Thangaraj, Vice-Chancellor, Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil, giving an idea to engineering aspirants in Madurai on Saturday. MADURAI: A day after the Plus Two results were published, it was an opportunity for students...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Eight workers engaged in railway construction were gunned down on Sunday by Dima Halam Daoga (Black Widow) militants in Assam's North Cachar Hills district.
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Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cairo, Egypt – International rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called on the Egyptian government to investigate the alleged beating of a 27-year-old civil engineer who used the social-networking web site, Facebook, to support calls for a general strike on 4 May.
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Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
With Delhi Metro construction starting on the main road leading to Nehru Place and trial runs beginning on the BRT corridor on the parallel road, commuters driving through the stretch are facing a tough time.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
One of the poorest countries in Asia, Nepal is heavily dependent on Chinese help for building roads and hydro dams. There is also increasing trade between the two countries along the only international road link between Tibet and the outside world.
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YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, construction is scheduled to begin to improve security on Folsom Reservoir's dikes, Right Wing Dam, and Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam (MIAD). The Bureau of Reclamation's construction contractor, Delta Scientific Corporation of Palmdale, California, will begin installing security beam gates on the crest of the earthen dams.
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
An Australian firm, Riversdale Mining, on Friday said it would start building a 2000 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Mozambique’s northern Tete province in early 2009 and production will start in 2010. Its country director in Mozambique Syd Parkhouse told APA in an interview that an initial investment capital is US$1 billion to be sourced out [...]
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... was done by companies like The drilling technology was developed by outfits like The bridges, or dams, or cities needed to support the cities that were created by the new oil wealth were built by Halliburton's subsidiary or by American engineering giants like Texas-based law firms like or handled much of the legal work. And all the while, the prolific oil fields in Texas, Oklahoma,...
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Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Authorities Use Intimidation, Violence to Suppress Online Advocacy Egyptian authorities should immediately investigate and prosecute those security officials responsible for beating Ahmed Maher Ibrahim, Human Rights Watch said today. Maher, a 27-year-old civil engineer, used the social-networking site Facebook to support calls for a general strike on May 4, 2008, President Hosni Mubarak’s 80th...
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Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
By Azhar Masood Senator Professor Khurshid Ahmed of Iamaat-e-Islami called for proper management, conservation and resolving political issues concerning construction of dams to overcome energy crisis in the country. Taking part in debate in Senate on energy crisis, the senior parliamentarian said the country needs seven percent increase in energy sector annually to meet its [...]
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Channel 7 News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A federal grand jury has indicted two of the 24 men arrested in an immigration raid on a construction site near the Little Rock National Airport.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... -- would be reduced during peak months so the water could be redirected to the reservoir. No dam would be built on the river. If given the go-ahead, Glade would have a 170,000 acre-feet capacity, slightly larger than Horsetooth Reservoir, and could be finished by 2014.
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www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
DALIAN, China, May 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Jade Mountain Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: JDMC), through its subsidiaries, including Dalian RINO Environmental Engineering Science and Technology Co., Ltd., a PRC company (”RINO”), designs Source: www.forbes.com The DuPont Challenge(C) Science Essay Competition Recognizes - ForbesWILMINGTON, Del., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ —...
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biopact (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... for a mere 5.2%. Brazil is known for its large hydropower infrastructures, with more than 600 dams built on the country's many rivers. The largest dam, the Itaipu, has an installed capacity of 14GW and provides some 20% of Brazil's electricity needs. However, erratic rainfall patterns over the past few years, combined with the fact that almost all large rivers have been dammed, have limited...
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anonymous (Free subscription) | 12/25/2007
Delay and Disruption Online The NEW online reference service from the authors of Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, 3rd Edition . NEW fully searchable online reference service offering: A thorough review of the practice of change management in construction and civil engineering Analysis of the practice and law of causation in delay and disruption claims 153 illustrations 485 cases 107...
