MIT Develops Material-Saving Technology for Concrete Beams, Reducing Concrete Use by About Two-Thirds
2026-11-10
On November 6, an engineering research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States released research results on a new type of fabric-formwork concrete beam. Using comp...
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Shield Tunneling Launched for the 21.6-Kilometer Taihu Lake Crossing Tunnel on the Wuxi-Yixing S2 Line in Wuxi, China
2026-10-29
On October 29, shield tunneling officially commenced for the Taihu Lake crossing tunnel of the Jiangsu Wuxi-Yixing Intercity Rail Transit Project (Wuxi-Yixing S2 Line), with two domestically produced ...
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Four World Firsts: Shituo Yangtze River Bridge Highway Section Closes
2026-09-27
The surging Yangtze River has gained a new landmark. On September 26, as the final steel girder was precisely hoisted into place, the highway section of the Shituo Yangtze River Bridge—a controlling p...
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China's Largest-Diameter Double-Shield Hard Rock Tunneling Machine "Yuexihao" Rolls Off the Production Line
2026-09-24
On September 24, "Yuexihao," China's largest-diameter double-shield hard rock tunneling machine developed independently by China, rolled off the production line in Sichuan. The equipment has an excav...
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World's Largest Shield Machine Main Bearing Test Bench in Place
2026-09-22
Recently, the world's largest shield machine main bearing working condition simulation test bench, independently built by CRCHI, has completed verification of main bearings for shield machines of 7.6 ...
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China's Nanzhong Bridge Completes First-Item Acceptance with Pioneering Widening Technology That Avoids Tower Demolition and Cable Replacement
2026-09-15
On September 11, phased technical verification was completed for the widening project of Nanzhong Bridge in the connecting section between the Guangdong Shiziyang Channel and the Guangzhou-Zhongshan-J...
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16.68 meters! China's largest domestically produced diameter shield tunneling machine rolls off the production line in Zhengzhou
2026-09-15
On September 15, the super-large-diameter slurry balance shield tunneling machine "CREC 1662," jointly developed by China Railway Tunnel Group, China Railway No. 4 Engineering Group, and China Railwa...
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World's First! Tunneling and Blasting "Combined into One"
2026-09-07
Recently, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, a giant piece of equipment resembling a "blueberry donut" slowly emerged from the manufacturing base, marking the official launch of the world's first Boring and Bl...
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World's Longest Undersea High-Speed Railway Tunnel Completes Land Section
2026-09-04
On September 4, with the final rock wall at the entrance of the Jintang Undersea Tunnel on the Yongzhou Railway being breached, the land section of the world's longest undersea high-speed railway tunn...
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Breaking through the industry-recognized 600-meter technical barrier in one stroke, the Tian'e Longtan Extra-Large Bridge sets a new benchmark for world arch bridges
2026-08-26
Over the Hongshui River in the Longtan Gorge of Tian'e County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a concrete arch bridge with a main span of 600 meters stretches across the river like a rainbow lying o...
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World-first recycled glass innovation approved for Scottish housing development
2026-08-25
On August 24, VASO Global, a construction innovation company headquartered in Dumfries, announced that its recycled glass building system has received planning permission from Dumfries and Galloway Co...
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DMAT Self-Healing Concrete Used in Projects in Italy and Switzerland
2026-08-20
On August 19, self-healing concrete additives developed by DMAT, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spin-off, have been used in underground water tanks, highway barriers, pavements, and rep...
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