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THE ROADS OF ANCIENT ROME: HOW WERE THEY BUILT? The method at the base of the construction of roads in the Roman Empire was rather complex. The first step was to define the edges and dig a deep trench. Inside this trench were placed four layers of various materials. The technical term “via strata” is the origin of the word “road ” TOKYO, THE WORLD’S SAFEST CITY Tokyo, the safest city in the world. Despite the constant risk of being hit by a devastating earthquake, Tokyo was named the world’s safest city in 2017 by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index, followed by Singapore and, in third place, by Osaka. Protecting people from earthquakes is essential for a city that’s continually JAPAN’S INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS AND INVESTMENTS Figures published by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan are worrying. As of March 2018, 20% of tunnels, 32% of water sluices and river dikes and 17% of port seawalls were built between the 1960s and 1970s. Their average age, therefore, is 50 years. The cost to restore all of this infrastructure during the next SMART CITY NEL MONDO: ESEMPI E CLASSIFICA Londra guida la classifica delle prime 50 smart city, seguita da Singapore e Seoul. Q uando nel 2016 Sadiq Khan è stato eletto sindaco di Londra, uno dei suoi primi progetti è stato quello di trasformare la città in una smart city, investendo da un lato sulle nuove tecnologie, dall’altro su infrastrutture sostenibili come ad esempio TRUMP INFRASTRUCTURE BILL: A $2 TRILLION SPENDING PLAN According to President Trump’s vision, investment in infrastructure will be an engine for economic recovery after the immediate emergency has been contained through the $2 trillion economic signed by Trump on Friday March 27. This is the largest economic rescue bill in U.S. history, providing direct support to individuals, large corporations, and small businesses. WORLD WATER DAY: THE FUTURE OF WATER RESOURCES- WE BUILD VALUE World Water Day, water will save the world. Bridging infrastructure gaps in the water sector would take $6.7 trillion in investment by 2030. 22/03/2021. A s the UN’s World Water Day approaches on March 22, people all over the world are wondering about the future of water resources. The many uses of this life-giving resource—water for EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURES: 1,000 GREEN PROJECTS The 1,000 projects to get Europe working again are spread more or less evenly among the EU’s 27 member states, but led by countries that most need to relaunch their infrastructure. It is no coincidence that the top four countries by number of projects are France (149), Italy (95), Spain (79), Germany (73) and Sweden (70). Together, these five countries count 466 projects, almost half of the HONG KONG’S LATEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Hong Kong is the home of Victoria Peak, dotted by the headquarters of Asia’s largest banks; stunning skyscrapers; the Temple Street market; wide shopping boulevards and crowded sidewalks. It is home to 7.5 million people, and it is growing before our very eyes. In five years, it will be home to 300,000 more people. The political clashes in recent months have altered the daily lives of THE 10 MOST FAMOUS SKYSCRAPERS IN LONDON 1. 30 St. Mary Axe – The Gherkin. We start not with the highest, but with the boldest and most original of London’s skyscrapers. Built between 2001 and 2003, inaugurated in 2004, the unmistakable 30 St. Mary Axe skyscraper was nicknamed “The Gherkin” by Londoners because its shape is similar to that of a pickled cucumber. THE 15 BIGGEST PORTS IN ITALY In 2014, it saw the passage of 54.26 million tonnes of goods. With its 700 square metres of surface area on land and 500 square metres of surface area on water, it is the largest among Italian ports. Port of Livorno – Third on the list among the 15 largest Italian ports is the Port of Livorno, which handles 36.56 million tonnes of goods peryear.
THE ROADS OF ANCIENT ROME: HOW WERE THEY BUILT? The method at the base of the construction of roads in the Roman Empire was rather complex. The first step was to define the edges and dig a deep trench. Inside this trench were placed four layers of various materials. The technical term “via strata” is the origin of the word “road ” TOKYO, THE WORLD’S SAFEST CITY Tokyo, the safest city in the world. Despite the constant risk of being hit by a devastating earthquake, Tokyo was named the world’s safest city in 2017 by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index, followed by Singapore and, in third place, by Osaka. Protecting people from earthquakes is essential for a city that’s continually JAPAN’S INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS AND INVESTMENTS Figures published by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan are worrying. As of March 2018, 20% of tunnels, 32% of water sluices and river dikes and 17% of port seawalls were built between the 1960s and 1970s. Their average age, therefore, is 50 years. The cost to restore all of this infrastructure during the next SMART CITY NEL MONDO: ESEMPI E CLASSIFICA Londra guida la classifica delle prime 50 smart city, seguita da Singapore e Seoul. Q uando nel 2016 Sadiq Khan è stato eletto sindaco di Londra, uno dei suoi primi progetti è stato quello di trasformare la città in una smart city, investendo da un lato sulle nuove tecnologie, dall’altro su infrastrutture sostenibili come ad esempio HIGHWAYS NORWAY AND SWEDEN: NEW PROJECTS The E39 tunnel highway connecting north and south is not the only major road project for the country. There is also an east-west infrastructure plan to connect the Sotra Archipelago.Located west of Bergen, Sotra is the name of twin islands (Sotra itself and Litlesotra) which are part of a large archipelago stretching from Fedje southwards along the coast of Norway. NECKARTAL DAM: HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE TO NAMIBIA- WE BUILD The Karas region, where the dam was built, is one of the poorest and least densely populated in Namibia.It is located in the far south of the country and touches the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its main characteristic is the aridity of its land, barren and without water for most of the year.Now scarcity has been significantly reduced thanks to the Neckartal Dam. ITALY’S HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS: THE NUMBERS Electricity should be increasingly produced with renewable energy sources. The objective, during the following years, is to leave all fossil fuels behind, and possibly all polluting thermoelectric plants – replacing them with photovoltaic plants, wind farms, and geo-thermoelectric, biomass plants and hydroelectric plants.. According to data published in 2019 - concerning 2017 - in Italy the JAPAN’S INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS AND INVESTMENTS Figures published by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan are worrying. As of March 2018, 20% of tunnels, 32% of water sluices and river dikes and 17% of port seawalls were built between the 1960s and 1970s. Their average age, therefore, is 50 years. The cost to restore all of this infrastructure during the next RENZO PIANO: HIS MOST FAMOUS WORKS Centre Pompidou. This survey of Renzo Piano’s works begins in France, in the heart of Paris, with the famous Centre Pompidou. This is the first work by the Genoa architect of international renown, designed with Richard Rogers in 1971. The Centre National d’Art et de Culture, completed in 1977, is one of the world’s most visitedmuseums of
ART IN THE WORKSITES OF THE GRAND PARIS EXPRESS The Grand Paris Express cultural program also envisages that the open-air installations and fittings will transform the train route into the world’s largest open-air art gallery, where collections of public works and urban innovations can be appreciated by over 2 million people. The Eiffel Tower over the rails of Parisian subwayline.
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN INDIA: A $1.5 TRILLION PLAN India wants to become a $5 trillion economy, and thus rival China and Japan for the leadership of the Asian continent. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to reach this goal relies heavily on infrastructure investments.. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced her plans at the start of the year to launch $1.5 trillion in infrastructure spending over the next five years. THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: HISTORY AND INTERESTING FACTS The history of the Sydney Opera House. The history of the Sydney Opera House has been extremely interesting, right from the start. In 1954, Joseph Cahill, who had just been elected premier of New South Wales, announced: “This State cannot go forward without adequate facilities for the expression of talent and the staging of the highest forms POTABLE SEA WATER IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA In the driest region of the world, water is simply a mirage, if not a challenge faced by millions of people each and every day. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), where 17 countries find themselves below the water poverty line according to the United Nations, the goal is to find water where it is scarce, and - wherever possible - transform sea water into something drinkable and INFRASTRUCTURE IN LOS ANGELES: THE NEW FACE OF URBAN Los Angeles: A city looking ahead to the future. The $64 billion high speed train being built to connect San Francisco is the most traditional of the new forms of transport that will be tested in the coming years in the Californian megalopolis. Ride-sharing company Uber said it aims to test its first flying cars for use as taxis in LosAngeles.
TRUMP INFRASTRUCTURE BILL: A $2 TRILLION SPENDING PLAN According to President Trump’s vision, investment in infrastructure will be an engine for economic recovery after the immediate emergency has been contained through the $2 trillion economic signed by Trump on Friday March 27. This is the largest economic rescue bill in U.S. history, providing direct support to individuals, large corporations, and small businesses. A GREEN REVOLUTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE Going green. The International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group) estimates that business opportunities in the green building sector will reach $25 trillion by 2030.This tremendous impact in terms of economic development can be generated by choosing sustainable mobility, efficient water management, and using “green” techniques and materials at all stages of EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURES: 1,000 GREEN PROJECTS The 1,000 projects to get Europe working again are spread more or less evenly among the EU’s 27 member states, but led by countries that most need to relaunch their infrastructure. It is no coincidence that the top four countries by number of projects are France (149), Italy (95), Spain (79), Germany (73) and Sweden (70). Together, these five countries count 466 projects, almost half of the SALINI IMPREGILO ETHIOPIA: TRAINING AND WORK Salini Impregilo has been present in Ethiopia since 1957, taking part in the construction of 20 public works for a combined value of €9 billion. The completion of each of these works was thanks to the labour of thousands of Ethiopians. Between 2005 and 2015, Salini had an average of 11,000 people on its payroll a year, at one pointreaching a
THE 15 BIGGEST PORTS IN ITALY In 2014, it saw the passage of 54.26 million tonnes of goods. With its 700 square metres of surface area on land and 500 square metres of surface area on water, it is the largest among Italian ports. Port of Livorno – Third on the list among the 15 largest Italian ports is the Port of Livorno, which handles 36.56 million tonnes of goods peryear.
THE ROADS OF ANCIENT ROME: HOW WERE THEY BUILT? The method at the base of the construction of roads in the Roman Empire was rather complex. The first step was to define the edges and dig a deep trench. Inside this trench were placed four layers of various materials. The technical term “via strata” is the origin of the word “road ” HONG KONG’S LATEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Hong Kong is the home of Victoria Peak, dotted by the headquarters of Asia’s largest banks; stunning skyscrapers; the Temple Street market; wide shopping boulevards and crowded sidewalks. It is home to 7.5 million people, and it is growing before our very eyes. In five years, it will be home to 300,000 more people. The political clashes in recent months have altered the daily lives of TIANJIN GRAND BRIDGE: FACTS AND CONSTRUCTION Building the Tianjin Grand Bridge was a very complex project.Much of the viaduct runs through the densely populated urban area surrounding the metropolis. The idea of running the high-speed train along an elevated viaduct was a smart solution: every kilometre of railway built on the ground would have required 28.4 hectares (70 acres) of earthworks, and therefore would have had a devastating VIETNAM’S NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS The goal is to relaunch Vietnam’s coastal areas and promote its industrial hubs, which already produce a large portion of the country’s GDP.To achieve this, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has decided to bet on infrastructure spending, which is considered the most effective tool to improve industrial productivity in the targeted areas.. That’s why the Vietnamese government a few CHINESE INVESTMENT IN ITALY: THE NEW SILK ROAD President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Marshall Plan. Recently reappointed for a second five-year term at the helm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), President Xi Jinping has been described by The Economist news magazine as the world’s most powerful individual.He intends to leave a long-lasting, unique legacy, through two interconnected initiatives: the goal of turning China into “a TRUMP INFRASTRUCTURE BILL: A $2 TRILLION SPENDING PLAN According to President Trump’s vision, investment in infrastructure will be an engine for economic recovery after the immediate emergency has been contained through the $2 trillion economic signed by Trump on Friday March 27. This is the largest economic rescue bill in U.S. history, providing direct support to individuals, large corporations, and small businesses. A GREEN REVOLUTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE Going green. The International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group) estimates that business opportunities in the green building sector will reach $25 trillion by 2030.This tremendous impact in terms of economic development can be generated by choosing sustainable mobility, efficient water management, and using “green” techniques and materials at all stages of EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURES: 1,000 GREEN PROJECTS The 1,000 projects to get Europe working again are spread more or less evenly among the EU’s 27 member states, but led by countries that most need to relaunch their infrastructure. It is no coincidence that the top four countries by number of projects are France (149), Italy (95), Spain (79), Germany (73) and Sweden (70). Together, these five countries count 466 projects, almost half of the SALINI IMPREGILO ETHIOPIA: TRAINING AND WORK Salini Impregilo has been present in Ethiopia since 1957, taking part in the construction of 20 public works for a combined value of €9 billion. The completion of each of these works was thanks to the labour of thousands of Ethiopians. Between 2005 and 2015, Salini had an average of 11,000 people on its payroll a year, at one pointreaching a
THE 15 BIGGEST PORTS IN ITALY In 2014, it saw the passage of 54.26 million tonnes of goods. With its 700 square metres of surface area on land and 500 square metres of surface area on water, it is the largest among Italian ports. Port of Livorno – Third on the list among the 15 largest Italian ports is the Port of Livorno, which handles 36.56 million tonnes of goods peryear.
THE ROADS OF ANCIENT ROME: HOW WERE THEY BUILT? The method at the base of the construction of roads in the Roman Empire was rather complex. The first step was to define the edges and dig a deep trench. Inside this trench were placed four layers of various materials. The technical term “via strata” is the origin of the word “road ” HONG KONG’S LATEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Hong Kong is the home of Victoria Peak, dotted by the headquarters of Asia’s largest banks; stunning skyscrapers; the Temple Street market; wide shopping boulevards and crowded sidewalks. It is home to 7.5 million people, and it is growing before our very eyes. In five years, it will be home to 300,000 more people. The political clashes in recent months have altered the daily lives of TIANJIN GRAND BRIDGE: FACTS AND CONSTRUCTION Building the Tianjin Grand Bridge was a very complex project.Much of the viaduct runs through the densely populated urban area surrounding the metropolis. The idea of running the high-speed train along an elevated viaduct was a smart solution: every kilometre of railway built on the ground would have required 28.4 hectares (70 acres) of earthworks, and therefore would have had a devastating VIETNAM’S NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS The goal is to relaunch Vietnam’s coastal areas and promote its industrial hubs, which already produce a large portion of the country’s GDP.To achieve this, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has decided to bet on infrastructure spending, which is considered the most effective tool to improve industrial productivity in the targeted areas.. That’s why the Vietnamese government a few CHINESE INVESTMENT IN ITALY: THE NEW SILK ROAD President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Marshall Plan. Recently reappointed for a second five-year term at the helm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), President Xi Jinping has been described by The Economist news magazine as the world’s most powerful individual.He intends to leave a long-lasting, unique legacy, through two interconnected initiatives: the goal of turning China into “a NECKARTAL DAM: HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE TO NAMIBIA- WE BUILD The Karas region, where the dam was built, is one of the poorest and least densely populated in Namibia.It is located in the far south of the country and touches the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its main characteristic is the aridity of its land, barren and without water for most of the year.Now scarcity has been significantly reduced thanks to the Neckartal Dam. THE ROADS OF ANCIENT ROME: HOW WERE THEY BUILT? The method at the base of the construction of roads in the Roman Empire was rather complex. The first step was to define the edges and dig a deep trench. Inside this trench were placed four layers of various materials. The technical term “via strata” is the origin of the word “road ” HONG KONG’S LATEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Hong Kong is the home of Victoria Peak, dotted by the headquarters of Asia’s largest banks; stunning skyscrapers; the Temple Street market; wide shopping boulevards and crowded sidewalks. It is home to 7.5 million people, and it is growing before our very eyes. In five years, it will be home to 300,000 more people. The political clashes in recent months have altered the daily lives of TIANJIN GRAND BRIDGE: FACTS AND CONSTRUCTION Building the Tianjin Grand Bridge was a very complex project.Much of the viaduct runs through the densely populated urban area surrounding the metropolis. The idea of running the high-speed train along an elevated viaduct was a smart solution: every kilometre of railway built on the ground would have required 28.4 hectares (70 acres) of earthworks, and therefore would have had a devastating BRINGING WATER TO LAS VEGAS Begun in 2008, the project, which has come to cost more than 300 million euros, is near completion as workers from Vegas Tunnel Constructors - the joint- venture responsible for the project between Salini Impregilo and its U.S. subsidiary, S.A. Healy – have begun to flood the tunnel with water. SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE EXAMPLES AROUND THE GLOBE Separated by history and culture, but united by the desire for a sustainable renewal. Athens, Buenos Aires, Panama City and Copenhagen: different realities, some more complex than others. Athens, for example, is clawing its way back from Greece’s terrible economic crisis. Copenhagen, on the other hand, is at the forefront of urbantrends with
VIETNAM’S NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS The goal is to relaunch Vietnam’s coastal areas and promote its industrial hubs, which already produce a large portion of the country’s GDP.To achieve this, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has decided to bet on infrastructure spending, which is considered the most effective tool to improve industrial productivity in the targeted areas.. That’s why the Vietnamese government a few JAPAN’S INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS AND INVESTMENTS Figures published by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan are worrying. As of March 2018, 20% of tunnels, 32% of water sluices and river dikes and 17% of port seawalls were built between the 1960s and 1970s. Their average age, therefore, is 50 years. The cost to restore all of this infrastructure during the next CHILE AS A MODEL FOR WATER TREATMENT Chile is a world leader in urban wastewater treatment. « Building a better Chile means creating more security for our agriculture». With this tweet posted on November 14 th, the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of the Chironta reservoir, in the Arica and ParinacotaRegion.
THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: HISTORY AND INTERESTING FACTS The history of the Sydney Opera House. The history of the Sydney Opera House has been extremely interesting, right from the start. In 1954, Joseph Cahill, who had just been elected premier of New South Wales, announced: “This State cannot go forward without adequate facilities for the expression of talent and the staging of the highest forms WORLD WATER DAY: THE FUTURE OF WATER RESOURCES- WE BUILD VALUE World Water Day, water will save the world. Bridging infrastructure gaps in the water sector would take $6.7 trillion in investment by 2030. 22/03/2021. A s the UN’s World Water Day approaches on March 22, people all over the world are wondering about the future of water resources. The many uses of this life-giving resource—water for TRUMP INFRASTRUCTURE BILL: A $2 TRILLION SPENDING PLAN According to President Trump’s vision, investment in infrastructure will be an engine for economic recovery after the immediate emergency has been contained through the $2 trillion economic signed by Trump on Friday March 27. This is the largest economic rescue bill in U.S. history, providing direct support to individuals, large corporations, and small businesses. CONTAINER SHIPS: THE GOODS TRANSPORT REVOLUTION The crisis involving the just-dislodged ship in the Suez Canal has shined a spotlight on both the complexity and the importance of maritime trade.In a system already shaken up by the COVID-19 pandemic, the global supply chain has suddenly faced a new risk. On March 23, 2021, when shipping company Evergreen’s Ever Given, a 400-meter-long (1312 meters), 59-meter-wide (194 meters), A GREEN REVOLUTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE Going green. The International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group) estimates that business opportunities in the green building sector will reach $25 trillion by 2030.This tremendous impact in terms of economic development can be generated by choosing sustainable mobility, efficient water management, and using “green” techniques and materials at all stages of SALINI IMPREGILO ETHIOPIA: TRAINING AND WORK Salini Impregilo has been present in Ethiopia since 1957, taking part in the construction of 20 public works for a combined value of €9 billion. The completion of each of these works was thanks to the labour of thousands of Ethiopians. Between 2005 and 2015, Salini had an average of 11,000 people on its payroll a year, at one pointreaching a
TIANJIN GRAND BRIDGE: FACTS AND CONSTRUCTION Building the Tianjin Grand Bridge was a very complex project.Much of the viaduct runs through the densely populated urban area surrounding the metropolis. The idea of running the high-speed train along an elevated viaduct was a smart solution: every kilometre of railway built on the ground would have required 28.4 hectares (70 acres) of earthworks, and therefore would have had a devastating TOKYO, THE WORLD’S SAFEST CITY Tokyo, the safest city in the world. Despite the constant risk of being hit by a devastating earthquake, Tokyo was named the world’s safest city in 2017 by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index, followed by Singapore and, in third place, by Osaka. Protecting people from earthquakes is essential for a city that’s continually EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURES: 1,000 GREEN PROJECTS The 1,000 projects to get Europe working again are spread more or less evenly among the EU’s 27 member states, but led by countries that most need to relaunch their infrastructure. It is no coincidence that the top four countries by number of projects are France (149), Italy (95), Spain (79), Germany (73) and Sweden (70). Together, these five countries count 466 projects, almost half of the CHINA’S INVESTMENT IN GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE If there are two numbers that illustrate the extent of China’s participation in infrastructure investment in the world, they would be the following: 3,485 projects for a total value of $273.6 billion. The numbers, which refer to the last 15 years of the government’s involvement in projects outside the country, come from "Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic CHILE AS A MODEL FOR WATER TREATMENT Chile is a world leader in urban wastewater treatment. « Building a better Chile means creating more security for our agriculture». With this tweet posted on November 14 th, the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of the Chironta reservoir, in the Arica and ParinacotaRegion.
WORLD WATER DAY: THE FUTURE OF WATER RESOURCES- WE BUILD VALUE World Water Day, water will save the world. Bridging infrastructure gaps in the water sector would take $6.7 trillion in investment by 2030. 22/03/2021. A s the UN’s World Water Day approaches on March 22, people all over the world are wondering about the future of water resources. The many uses of this life-giving resource—water for TRUMP INFRASTRUCTURE BILL: A $2 TRILLION SPENDING PLAN According to President Trump’s vision, investment in infrastructure will be an engine for economic recovery after the immediate emergency has been contained through the $2 trillion economic signed by Trump on Friday March 27. This is the largest economic rescue bill in U.S. history, providing direct support to individuals, large corporations, and small businesses. CONTAINER SHIPS: THE GOODS TRANSPORT REVOLUTION The crisis involving the just-dislodged ship in the Suez Canal has shined a spotlight on both the complexity and the importance of maritime trade.In a system already shaken up by the COVID-19 pandemic, the global supply chain has suddenly faced a new risk. On March 23, 2021, when shipping company Evergreen’s Ever Given, a 400-meter-long (1312 meters), 59-meter-wide (194 meters), A GREEN REVOLUTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE Going green. The International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group) estimates that business opportunities in the green building sector will reach $25 trillion by 2030.This tremendous impact in terms of economic development can be generated by choosing sustainable mobility, efficient water management, and using “green” techniques and materials at all stages of SALINI IMPREGILO ETHIOPIA: TRAINING AND WORK Salini Impregilo has been present in Ethiopia since 1957, taking part in the construction of 20 public works for a combined value of €9 billion. The completion of each of these works was thanks to the labour of thousands of Ethiopians. Between 2005 and 2015, Salini had an average of 11,000 people on its payroll a year, at one pointreaching a
TIANJIN GRAND BRIDGE: FACTS AND CONSTRUCTION Building the Tianjin Grand Bridge was a very complex project.Much of the viaduct runs through the densely populated urban area surrounding the metropolis. The idea of running the high-speed train along an elevated viaduct was a smart solution: every kilometre of railway built on the ground would have required 28.4 hectares (70 acres) of earthworks, and therefore would have had a devastating TOKYO, THE WORLD’S SAFEST CITY Tokyo, the safest city in the world. Despite the constant risk of being hit by a devastating earthquake, Tokyo was named the world’s safest city in 2017 by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index, followed by Singapore and, in third place, by Osaka. Protecting people from earthquakes is essential for a city that’s continually EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURES: 1,000 GREEN PROJECTS The 1,000 projects to get Europe working again are spread more or less evenly among the EU’s 27 member states, but led by countries that most need to relaunch their infrastructure. It is no coincidence that the top four countries by number of projects are France (149), Italy (95), Spain (79), Germany (73) and Sweden (70). Together, these five countries count 466 projects, almost half of the CHINA’S INVESTMENT IN GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE If there are two numbers that illustrate the extent of China’s participation in infrastructure investment in the world, they would be the following: 3,485 projects for a total value of $273.6 billion. The numbers, which refer to the last 15 years of the government’s involvement in projects outside the country, come from "Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic CHILE AS A MODEL FOR WATER TREATMENT Chile is a world leader in urban wastewater treatment. « Building a better Chile means creating more security for our agriculture». With this tweet posted on November 14 th, the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of the Chironta reservoir, in the Arica and ParinacotaRegion.
CONTAINER SHIPS: THE GOODS TRANSPORT REVOLUTION The crisis involving the just-dislodged ship in the Suez Canal has shined a spotlight on both the complexity and the importance of maritime trade.In a system already shaken up by the COVID-19 pandemic, the global supply chain has suddenly faced a new risk. On March 23, 2021, when shipping company Evergreen’s Ever Given, a 400-meter-long (1312 meters), 59-meter-wide (194 meters), MOVING FORWARD ACT: INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS The issue of infrastructure has been a central point of U.S. political debates for years. Both the Obama and Trump administrations repeatedly highlighted the strategic value of investments in the sector, with the current president planning for a new season of major investments in public works as a driving force for the U.S. economy.. The Moving Forward Act, a current cornerstone of the debate EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURES: 1,000 GREEN PROJECTS The 1,000 projects to get Europe working again are spread more or less evenly among the EU’s 27 member states, but led by countries that most need to relaunch their infrastructure. It is no coincidence that the top four countries by number of projects are France (149), Italy (95), Spain (79), Germany (73) and Sweden (70). Together, these five countries count 466 projects, almost half of the CHINA’S INVESTMENT IN GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE If there are two numbers that illustrate the extent of China’s participation in infrastructure investment in the world, they would be the following: 3,485 projects for a total value of $273.6 billion. The numbers, which refer to the last 15 years of the government’s involvement in projects outside the country, come from "Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic THE NEW YANKEE STADIUM: FACTS AND HISTORY The construction of the new stadium was a gargantuan effort, costing $1.6 billion. The sum was almost entirely financed by the New York Yankees, while the city of New York contributed about $300 million to cover the cost of building the infrastructure links and modernising the surrounding area. THE 15 BIGGEST PORTS IN ITALY In 2014, it saw the passage of 54.26 million tonnes of goods. With its 700 square metres of surface area on land and 500 square metres of surface area on water, it is the largest among Italian ports. Port of Livorno – Third on the list among the 15 largest Italian ports is the Port of Livorno, which handles 36.56 million tonnes of goods peryear.
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE It might be taking longer than other industries, but civil engineering is slowly coming round to the idea of artificial intelligence and the difference it can make on a project. The industry is taking a long time because it is one of the few in which many of its ZIMBABWE’S WATER CRISIS: PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITHOUT WATER It sounds like science fiction, but it’s actually happening right now in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. Over 2 million people there are suffering from acute water shortage at home after the main water works was shut down on Sept 24. City authorities say the drinking water crisis is caused by a lack of foreign currency to pay for thewater
THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: HISTORY AND INTERESTING FACTS The history of the Sydney Opera House. The history of the Sydney Opera House has been extremely interesting, right from the start. In 1954, Joseph Cahill, who had just been elected premier of New South Wales, announced: “This State cannot go forward without adequate facilities for the expression of talent and the staging of the highest forms SMART CITY NEL MONDO: ESEMPI E CLASSIFICA Londra guida la classifica delle prime 50 smart city, seguita da Singapore e Seoul. Q uando nel 2016 Sadiq Khan è stato eletto sindaco di Londra, uno dei suoi primi progetti è stato quello di trasformare la città in una smart city, investendo da un lato sulle nuove tecnologie, dall’altro su infrastrutture sostenibili come ad esempioadvanced search
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