Coastal art gallery confronts wind, waves

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The Turner Contemporary, a museum that will commemorate the English painter, J.M.W Turner would be located in the sea, and its design is based as much on shipbuilding techniques as on conventional principles of structural engineering. This building project is worth dollars 27 million and will be completed by 2007.

Author: Brown, Jeff L.
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2004
United Kingdom, Goods & services distribution, Alliances, partnerships, Channels of Distribution, Museums and art galleries, Museums & Art Galleries, Museums, Distribution agreements, Arup

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Korean bridge/tunnel to join island to mainland

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Pusan, South-Korea's second largest city and the island of Koje-do will have the longest and deepest ever constructed immersed tube tunnels in the world. The tube tunnel will have a length of 3.5 kilometers and a depth of 45 meters, the construction of which will begin by 2005.

Author: Brown, Jeff L.
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2004
South Korea, Underwater tunnels, Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co.

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World's largest observation wheel planned for Las Vegas

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The design of the world's largest observation wheel to be built in Las Vegas by L.V. Engineering is discussed.

Author: Brown, Jeff L.
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2007
Nevada, Economic aspects, Design and construction, Las Vegas, Nevada, Ferris wheels

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