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- New material helps strengthen older buildings against quakes
A "glass fiber plastic fabric material" developed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany could reinforce old buildings to make them resistant to earthquake damage. The material can be applied to external stone or brick walls and is expected to provide a cost-efficient and effective method to retrofit older buildings, said Moritz Urban, the product's co-developer. "Thanks to the reinforcement, collapsing of walls due to earthquakes can be delayed and, in the ideal case, be avoided completely," Urban added. Mashable/Geekosystem
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- Core-Locs used to build Oman's offshore artificial reef
"The Wave, Muscat" in Oman is a luxury mixed-use development that covers about 640 acres. It is under construction and will have a 300-berth marina, yacht club, hotels, retail and restaurant outlets. But it needs protection from the ocean. Engineering firm WS Atkins created a man-made reef about 1.2 miles long to provide the protection. It is made of 20,000 Core-Locs and is built on a base of rock about 230 feet wide and 56 feet high. DesignBuildSource.com.au (Australia)
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- Calif. rail project gets $135M grant from USDOT
A $270 million light-rail expansion project in Sacramento, Calif., will receive a $135 million federal grant from the Transportation Department. The 4.3-mile project will extend the city's Blue Line network and create an estimated 1,000 jobs over a two-year period, according to Sacramento Regional Transit. "Extending the Blue Line will improve access to the area's major employers and encourage new retail and residential development in specially zoned areas," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. The Hill/Transportation blog
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- Cement tester training from ACI
ACI recently began offering a new custom seminar titled Physical Tester -- Basics of Cement Testing. This four- to five-day program is presented at the customer’s testing lab for up to 10 people. It provides both classroom and hands-on training in the most common procedures used to test cement and supplementary cementitious materials. See a detailed list of the topics covered in the seminar.
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