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The article discusses United Kingdom's largest construction projects at an educational institution for a six-building complex will serve more than 8,000 students and staff in the four engineering schools of the University of Manchester's college of science and engineering nears completion.

The article reports that the University of Oxford in the Great Britain has officially opened its Beecroft Building, which will house the university's experimental and theoretical physics faculty and their laboratories. Topics include the reinforced-concrete building houses 200 researchers, uniting the university's experimental and theoretical physicists under one roof and bringing together two very different collaboration and research styles.

The article discusses the infrastructural improvements pursued by airports in U.S. to cope up with the challenges of increasing air traffic, passenger safety and airspace management. It outlines the modernization efforts of the LaGuardia Airport and the Los Angeles International Airport. Topics discussed include technological upgradations in these airports, details regarding airport terminal designs and reorganization of runways.

The article offers information on the construction of new Champlain Bridge across the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal, Québec. Topics discussed include featuring of an a symmetrical cable-stayed main span over the Saint Lawrence Seaway a vital shipping channel, adverse effects of heavy traffic, weather extremes, and corrosion from road salt impacted the bridge, and construction and financing of the bridge will be carried out by engineering and construction firm SSL.

'Beehive' Bridge Celebrates City's Heritage. [Extracted from the article]

The article highlights the sustainability plans of Los Angeles County, California. Topics discussed include appointment of Gary Gero as the chief sustainability officer, views of Christopher Rhie, associate in the Los Angeles office of BuroHappold Engineering, on aim of the plan in the social and health facilities; and the role of the plan in managing climate change.

The article offers information on the Tall Buildings Safety Strategy report by San Francisco's Office of the City Administrator in collaboration with its Office of Resilience and Capital Planning and Department of Emergency Management. Topics discussed include recommendations to improve the seismic safety of tall buildings; providing engineering resources for hazard mitigation; and improving the public's understanding of the seismic risk and reduce seismic risk.

A review is offered for the Istanbul City Museum, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The article reports on the completion of the emergency repairs to the damaged and failing roadway called Sinkhole De Mayo in Canal Street in New Orleans. Topics mentioned include the completion of the project in 42 days which was expected to take six months, the assume on extending the roadway which used temporary timber walls on both ends of the tunnel, and the good performance of Hard Rock Construction in managing the engineering design, the traffic, and access of logistics to the tunnel.

The article discusses the completion of the remediation works on a 0.7 hectare brownfield building site in Northampton, Great Britain. It notes that the construction work of the building with history of handicrafts, manufacturing and industry dating back to the 13th century has reached the halfway point. It mentions the plan for the building which will contain three full aboveground stories and a full level for parking belowground.

The article discusses the construction of a gravity-defying sculpture that balances porsches high in the air by British artist and designer Gerry Judah in West Sussex, England. Topics mentioned include the creation of the sculpture for the 25th anniversary of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a motor sport celebration, completion of the engineering for the sculpture by a team at Diales, with the fabrication and installation by Littlehampton Welding, and the shape of the sculpture.

The article reports on the construction of an aerial tramway in Gothenburg, Sweden. It mentions that its establishment is part of the city's 400th anniversary in 2021 wherein it will link the northern and southern sections in the area over the Göta älv river. It also notes its inclusion of towers, stations and cable-car line.

The article features the Oxygen Park in Doha, Qatar which will offer an oxygen-rich place for residents and visitors to exercise, relax and enjoy being outdoors. Topics discussed include the summertime climate in Doha, the distinct design elements of the park, use of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques to optimize the design of the land formations and Erik Behrens of the multinational design firm AECOM as the lead architect for the project.

The article presents information on expansion of the Kutaisi International Airport located in Georgia.

The article evaluates the architectural design of a pavilion designed by architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, discussing the central steel framework in the structure, the blue-colored wall in it, and the oval roof of the steel frame.

The article discusses the transformation of landfill into peace park. Topics mention including installing of the extensive stormwater drainage system, relocation of waste material which include the unexplored ordinance and earthwork and conditions which surrounds Puerto Rico reach the crisis stage in 1994.

The article reports on the building owned by the City of Roseville, California which is known to be the first building to be rated by the nonprofit organization U.S. Resiliency Council (USRC). Topics mention including receiving the platinum rating, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system and sustainability of the building.

The article reports on a study by Dr. Elizabeth Mack, an assistant professor of economic geography at Michigan State University, regarding the investigations of water affordability in the U.S. She adds another dimension to the conversation with her analysis of water affordability in the country. Water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan in 2016 has started a nationwide conversation on Americans' access to clean water.

The article reports on the expansion of the Vikingskipshuset, the Viking Ship Museum, a cross-shaped structure housing three ninth-century Viking vessels, located at Bygdoy in Oslo, Norway. The ships remain on-site while expansion of the museum is undertaken, wherein a new wing is to be carefully engineered so that the fragile ships affected by dust or debris during construction or by vibrations induced by construction or visitors.

The article reports that researchers along with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have discovered the Hayward Fault and the Rodgers Creek Fault at the San Francisco Bay Area in San Francisco, California. Topics discussed, include the view of geophysicist Janet Watt about the research project posed by Civil Engineering on the connection between the two faults, technologies used to monitor surface ruptures such as subsurface imaging, and the use of the SGS National Seismic Hazard Maps.

The article offers a preview for Dubai Maritime Museum and Research Center located in Persian Gulf.