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The Bahrain World Trade Center is a 240-metre-high, 50-floor, twin tower complex located in Manama, Bahrain. The towers were built in 2008. It is the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design.The two towers are linked via three skybridges, each holding 225 kW wind turbine, totalling to 675 kW of wind power capacity. The wind turbines are expected to provide 11% to 15% of the towers' total power consumption, or approximately 1.1 to 1.3 GWha year. This is equivalent to providing the lighting for about 300 homes, 258 hospitals, 17 industrial plants, and 33 car engines. #worldtradecenterbahrain #bahrain #manama #skyscraper #windturbine #naturalfriendly #civilengineering #civilengineeringfacts #amazingfact #2008

#bahrain #manama #civilengineeringfacts #naturalfriendly #skyscraper #civilengineering #amazingfact #2008 #worldtradecenterbahrain #windturbine

All of the world's deepest buildings are sciences labs, and at an incredible 7,900 feet deep Jinping Underground Laboratory is the deepest. Its Construction completed in 2010, the laboratory is an ideal site to do low background neutrino physics research and investigate dark matter. Although this is the deepest known building in the world, humans have gone deeper. In South Africa the world’s deepest mine extends more than four kilometers into the earth. While at 12.2 kilometers deep (7.5 miles) the "Kola Superdeep Borehole" in Russia is the deepest artificial point on Earth. #jinping #jinpingundergroundlaboratory #deepest #physicslab #china #civilengineeringfacts #civilengineering

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Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, better known as M. Visvesvaraya.A civil engineer par excellence, he was the chief architect behind the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam in Mandya which helped to convert the surrounding barren lands into fertile grounds for farming. In India, National Engineer's Day is celebrated on September 15, the birth anniversary of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, who is considered one of the finest engineers of the country.#civilengineering #krishnarajasagaradam #visvesvaraya #visvesvarayamuseum#september15#engineersday #civilengineer #civilengineeringfacts

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E. Sreedharan (Elattuvalapil Sreedharan) popularly known as the “Metro Man”, is an Indian engineer who played a key role in the building of the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro. He appeared for the Engineering Services Examination (ESE) and joined the Indian Engineering Service (IES). He first proved his ability as an engineer when he was put in-charge of restoring a bridge that had been damaged by a cyclone. He executed the complete work within 46 days as against the six months allotted to this task #esreedharan#dmrc #konkanrailway #pambanbridge #civilengineer #civilengineering #civilengineeringfacts

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Ultra-high strength “Cor-Ten” weathering steel. This type of steel forms its own protective outer layer, so it doesn't need to be painted. This saves a million dollars each time the bridge would have needed to be painted with traditional steel. #newrivergorge #newrivergeorgebridge #westvirginia #usa #steelarchbridge #civilengineering #civilengineeringfacts #cortensteel

#newrivergorge #cortensteel #usa #civilengineeringfacts #newrivergeorgebridge #westvirginia #steelarchbridge #civilengineering

The Rome's Pantheon , The world's largest non-reinforced concrete dome. Even today, almost 2000 years after its construction, it is a remarkable building to see. The dome was the largest in the world for 1300 years and until today it remains the largest unsupported dome in the world. Roman engineers lightened the dome as much as possible., not only its thickness progressively decreases, but the materials used in the upper part of the dome were lighter with internal part of the dome. Thats why its exterior is slightly flattened. #romanpantheon #pantheon #rome #italy #temple #oldtemple #oldstructure #dome #civilengineering #civilengineeringfacts

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#civilengineeringfacts #lightning #newyorkcity #intrestingfacts #nyc #civilengineer #empirestatebuilding

Concrete ears: its also known as Acoustic mirrors. It is a passive device used to reflect and focus (concentrate) sound waves. Microphones were suspended at the focal points of these dishes, like today's D2H dish antennas. Parabolic Acoustic mirror are widely used in parabolic microphones to pick up sound from great distances, employed in surveillance and reporting of outdoor sporting events. #acousticmirrors #concreteears #sound #worldwar2 #parabolicmicrophone #civilengineeringfacts

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Photovoltaic glass (PV glass) is a technology that enables the conversion of light into electricity. To do so, the glass incorporates transparent semi conductor based photovoltaic cells, which are also known as solar cells. The cells are sandwiched between two sheets of glass.Buildings using a substantial amount of photovoltaic glass could produce some of their own electricity through the windows. #pvglass #greenelectricity #slittedsolarglass#polysolar #onyxsolar #azurmendirestaurant#civilengineering #civilengineeringfacts

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Cantilever Bridge : A simple cantilever span is formed by two cantilever arms extending from opposite sides of the obstacle to be crossed, meeting at the center. With a suspended span, the cantilever arms do not meet in the center; instead, they support a central truss bridge which rests on the ends of the cantilever arms. The suspended span may be built off-site and lifted into place, or constructed in place using special traveling supports. #cantileverbridge #bridgeengineering #civilengineeringfacts #bridge

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Bridge of Bamboo in Combodia. Kampong Cham’s bamboo bridge is one of the province’s most popular attractions and a sustainable feat of engineering. But with a modern government-funded bridge being built up the river, this could be its last year. With every dry season, the waters of the Mekong River separating Kampong Cham town from the roughly 1,000 families on Koh Paen recede, becoming too shallow for a ferry. Each year, for decades, the island’s residents have employed a unique solution: building a seasonal, kilometre-long bamboo bridge until the rains swell the river, then tearing it down again. #bamboobridge #combodia #civilengineeringfacts

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