Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat
Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat ...
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Venice Is an Upside-Down Forest. Startling Engineering Has Kept City Afloat With Just Wood for More Than 1,600 Years.
Venice continues to stun researchers by standing on several wooden piles from trees like larch, oak, alder, pine, spruce, and ...
Officials plan to complete foundation for new Cauvery bridge before June
Trichy: With the inflow to the Cauvery river temporarily stopped, superintending engineer of the state highways department R ...
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NCC’s Hercules to undertake Hallsberg-Stenkumla rail foundation work in Sweden
Hercules, a foundation engineering company under the Nordic construction business NCC, has won a contract from infrastructure provider Infrakraft for a new double-track rail line project on the ...
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Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat
But despite their strength, few foundations today could last as long as Venice's. "Concrete or steel piles are designed [with a guarantee to last] 50 years today," says Alexander Puzrin ...