Greatest Civil Engineering Achievements
Greatest Civil Engineering Achievements
Civil Engineering has been an aspect of life since the beginnings of human existence. Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and preservation of the physical structures.
Burj Khalifa
Is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 828 m (2,722 ft)
Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure finished on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010, and is part of the new 2 km2 (490-acre) development called Downtown Dubai . The primary contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea. * Building with 163 floors * The tower houses 1044 residential apartments. * The tower has 57 lifts. * World's fastest elevators: 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s)
The Millau Viaduct
Is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France.
This was built to avoid crossing through the town of Millau when people wanted to cross the valley of Tarn, and avoid the traffic jams. Crossing the valley using the viaduct of Millau shortens the journey by 100 km and by up to 4 hours in the holiday season.
The construction of the viaduct began on October 10, 2001 and was extended in the course of three years and finally the viaduct was inaugurated on December 14, 2004 and opened to the public two days later. * 2,4 km of total length of roadway * 120 years of Predicted lifespan * 520 workers work in the construction * The construction cost 400 million of euro
Three Gorges dam
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Hubei province, China.
The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity
The dam is formed by Coupling the dam's 32 main turbines with two smaller generators to power the plant itself, the
Civil Engineering has been an aspect of life since the beginnings of human existence. Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and preservation of the physical structures.
Burj Khalifa
Is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 828 m (2,722 ft)
Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure finished on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010, and is part of the new 2 km2 (490-acre) development called Downtown Dubai . The primary contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea. * Building with 163 floors * The tower houses 1044 residential apartments. * The tower has 57 lifts. * World's fastest elevators: 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s)
The Millau Viaduct
Is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France.
This was built to avoid crossing through the town of Millau when people wanted to cross the valley of Tarn, and avoid the traffic jams. Crossing the valley using the viaduct of Millau shortens the journey by 100 km and by up to 4 hours in the holiday season.
The construction of the viaduct began on October 10, 2001 and was extended in the course of three years and finally the viaduct was inaugurated on December 14, 2004 and opened to the public two days later. * 2,4 km of total length of roadway * 120 years of Predicted lifespan * 520 workers work in the construction * The construction cost 400 million of euro
Three Gorges dam
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Hubei province, China.
The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity
The dam is formed by Coupling the dam's 32 main turbines with two smaller generators to power the plant itself, the