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Maryland's Key Bridge Response - A Story of Resolve, Achievement and Reverse Engineering

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Other key parties involved in the recovery are the Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard. The estimate for the overall weight of the fallen bridge is 27,000 tons. The reverse engineering effort involves engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navy Supervisor of Salvage, MDOT, private firms and the U.S.

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Solar cars will be "normal within 20 years" says Lightyear's head engineer

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It's a topic that all big car manufacturers are working on.". According to Cornagliotti, who is Lightyear's lead solar engineer, solar-assisted cars like this will be "normal within 20 years" once mass production is scaled up and prices are brought down. Lightyear has developed a production-ready solar car (top and above).

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Fast-tracking construction projects offers both risk and reward

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Fast-tracking construction projects offers both risk and reward dbarista Mon, 08/14/2023 - 13:50 0 Contractors Understanding both the rewards and risk of fast-tracking a project can help owners, architects, engineers, and contractors maximize the benefits of this strategy and can bring great reward on all fronts when managed properly.

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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

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The Texas Capitol Complex was designed by Page Southerland Page Phase 1 – which is estimated as a $600 million investment – opened in 2022. Project credits: Planning/Urban Design: Page (TCCMP) Architect: Master Architect/Engineer: Page, AOR for George HW Bush Building: HKS, Inc., The photography is by Albert Vecerka/Esto. & Elec.

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NASA uses AI to design hardware that is "three times better in performance"

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The Evolved Structures process , developed by research engineer Ryan McClelland , takes a fraction of the time needed by NASA 's expert designers and relies on a generative algorithm to create metal brackets and mounts for different space exploration missions. "It From design to production, this process can take as little as one week.

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Joe Doucet's Airiva wind turbines are made for city streets and buildings

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The current version of the design is the result of two years of engineering, development and testing, with the key change being to the shape and size of the blades. The company has a target of using 80 per cent recycled materials once it begins to manufacture.

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Opsis Architecture "breaks with convention" for mass-timber Idaho arena

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We worked collaboratively with engineers, designers, forest product suppliers and wood product manufacturers to find a design path that was striking and innovative, while also efficient and cost-effective," the team said.