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Fixing Italy’s Slightly Leaning Tower, in Venice
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Officials in Middletown, Conn., say a gas line ‘blow-down’ was being carried out by a contractor at site where five are known to have died.
Engineers Fear Substandard Rebuilding Coming in Quake-Torn Haiti
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Structural engineers on reconnaissance missions in Haiti are extremely concerned that poor construction practices will be repeated.
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Trowel-Blazer Wins Best Bricklayer Contest
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Garrett Hood now becomes a two-time winner of the national masonry challenge and the first ever to lay more than 1,000 bricks in the timed event.
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Fixing Italy’s Slightly Leaning Tower, in Venice
Read the story and watch the video about repairs to reinforce the St. Mark’s Square tower, which has suffered differential settlement and cracking.
Stabilizing Venice Monument
Stabilizing Venice Monument : Micropiles Aid St. Mark’s Square Tower
Raising Defenses
Super Bowl: Rebuilding Missouri Dam
Tower Training
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Construction Jobless Rate
Climbs to 24.7% in January


Industry lost 75,000 jobs last month, BLS reports, sending unemployment to a 10-year high.

Poor, Often-Homemade Concrete
Blamed for Much Haiti Damage


Poor quality, often homemade concrete led to widespread building damage in Port-au-Prince following last month’s earthquake, says an engineering professor.

DOE Signals End to Yucca Mountain
By Pulling NRC Application


U.S. Government spent $38 billion over three decades trying to site a national nuclear waste repository in the Nevada desert.

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