Wooden bridge over a river in southern Norway collapsed early Monday – a similar nearby bridge, also made of glued laminated timber, collapsed in 2016
8
votes
Showing only topics in ~engineering with the tag "infrastructure".
Back to normal view /
Search all groups
-
-
The nuts and bolts of siting and building power lines
6 votes -
Inside the first undersea roundabout – one of the world's most remote construction projects can be found on the Faroe Islands
7 votes -
Going nuclear to desalinate seawater
5 votes -
Turkey has built the longest suspension bridge in the world
5 votes -
Funchal Airport, on the island of Madeira, was too short for modern commercial airliners but there was nowhere to extend to. The solution is one of the greatest civil engineering projects of our time.
7 votes -
What are the differences between the Autobahnen and the Interstate Highway System?
I know there are some Germans on Tildes, figure at least one of y’all might know. How does a typical Autobahn differ from a typical Interstate in design and construction? How often is repair work...
I know there are some Germans on Tildes, figure at least one of y’all might know. How does a typical Autobahn differ from a typical Interstate in design and construction? How often is repair work done and how long does it last? What work would be required to upgrade an Interstate to Autobahn standards?
7 votes -
What really happened during the 2003 blackout?
7 votes -
Can you pump sewage? When it comes to wastewater, what goes down must come up again.
1 vote -
Rebuilding the Oroville Dam spillways
7 votes -
Construction work has begun on the German side of an underwater tunnel connecting Germany and Denmark – €7 billion project set to be completed by 2029
6 votes -
How road barriers stopped killing drivers
6 votes -
Undersea rail-road tunnel between Denmark and Germany – Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link explained
6 votes -
Skellefteå has wooden schools, bridges, even car parks – we visit Sweden to see what a climate-conscious future looks like
7 votes -
Repairing underground, high voltage power lines is nearly impossible
6 votes -
Solar domes could desalinate seawater at a commercial scale
8 votes -
How sewer pipes work (feat. fake poop)
3 votes -
Tens of thousands of large dams are reaching the end of their expected lifespans, leading to a dramatic rise in failures and posing a serious threat to hundreds of millions living downstream
10 votes -
Faroe Islands are set to open an under-sea roundabout – the underwater tunnels connect the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy in a network some 11km long
13 votes -
Environmentalists have held protests outside a court that is deciding on a tunnel link between Germany and Denmark – they say the project is flawed on many levels
6 votes -
Why the Golden Gate Bridge sounds like a David Lynch movie now
10 votes -
Construction of the world's longest immersed tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany will begin in January next year
6 votes -
EU state aid regulators clear Danish financial support for a rail-road link between Denmark and Germany
4 votes -
Let China build the longest undersea rail tunnel between Finland and Estonia – more geopolitical advantages than risks
5 votes -
Finland to Estonia undersea rail tunnel project has taken a step forward
12 votes -
Norway is building the world's first submerged floating tunnel to cross the fjords
7 votes -
Can bacteria help us prevent salt damage to concrete roads and bridges?
4 votes -
China to open mega-bridge and tunnel: Thirty-four miles across the water
8 votes -
The engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed forty-three people warned of its corrosion risk thirty-nine years ago
22 votes -
Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills thirty-five
9 votes -
'Dozens dead' in Italian bridge collapse
14 votes