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Webuild and Carlo Ratti propose replacement for Baltimore’s collapsed Key Bridge following tragedy

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Today, the Webuild group advanced a proposal designed in collaboration with architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux for a new bridge in Baltimore that would replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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Dezeen's top 10 sustainable transport designs of 2022

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After a year that saw designers come up with numerous ideas for how to decarbonise transport , we round up 10 of the most interesting as part of our review of 2022. Transport accounts for around a fifth of global carbon dioxide emissions and has the highest reliance on fossil fuels of any sector, according to the International Energy Agency.

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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Headquarters by SOM

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Department of Transportation (U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) are celebrating the opening of the new John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center headquarters, a U.S. DOT), the U.S. The 410,000-square-foot U.S.

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How electric-vehicle technology is changing car design

Deezen

Cars will start to look dramatically different as electric vehicles become the norm but battery technology must first improve, designers tell Dezeen. Fossil-fuel-powered cars depend on a host of engineering components that has literally shaped them: the engine, the fuel tank, the radiator, the transmission, the exhaust pipe, etcetera.

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former spaceX engineers raise $50M to build autonomous freight trains

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the three engineers are building a cleaner and more efficient system for transporting freight across the united states. The post former spaceX engineers raise $50M to build autonomous freight trains appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Abu Dhabi unveils emirate-wide digital twin project

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Abu Dhabi ’s Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) has announced the launch of a digital twin project, a first-of-its-kind initiative for the emirate capital. The undertaking was unveiled during GITEX Technology Week, a tech and startup event held in the Dubai World Trade Center, which ended last week.

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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. To get a detailed look at the submerged wreckage, officials used a sonar imaging tool called Echoscope —the “world’s highest resolution real-time 3D/4D sonar” technology, according to its manufacturer , CODA Octopus Group. Coast Guard.