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Protecting The Big Easy: This Year’s Mardi Gras Showed Again How Infrastructure And Digital Twins Can Help Keep New Orleans Safe and Dry
By Tomas Kellner New Orleans is home to awe-inspiring music, food and street parties. But let’s not forget equally awe-inspiring infrastructure, which keeps the Big Easy dry. That was evident in early March when New Orleans entered “Deep Gras,” the boisterous coda to months of revelry culminating in Fat Tuesday, the end of the Mardi Gras season. Sitting on land near and below sea level and surr...
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Star Engineers The World’s Most Complex Machine, ITER’s Fusion Reactor, is Pushing 4D Visualization to the Next Level
By Sean O'Neill Clarity is invaluable for a project as staggeringly complex as the international fusion experiment. The project, also known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), is being built in France and is one of the most ambitious scientific collaborations in history—in the same league as the and the International Space Station. Dubbed the “reverse Tower of Ba...
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ADB Announces Ambitious Expansion of Financing to Tackle Regional Challenges
In a significant move to bolster development across the Asia-Pacific region, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has unveiled plans to increase its annual financing capacity from USD 24 billion in 2024 to an impressive USD 36 billion by 2034. This 50% expansion aims to enhance ADB's ability to address pressing regional issues and promote sustainable growth. In a press release on 18 February 2025, ...
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Indonesia Set to Invest Nearly USD 3 billion to Complete Second Phase of New Capital Development
The Indonesian government will allocate an additional 48.8 trillion IDR (approximately USD 2.99 billion) to continue its new capital (IKN) development during the second phase, which spans from 2025 to 2029. Vietnam Plus reported this information on 23 January 2025. In the first phase (from 2022 to 2024), the Indonesian government has already invested 89 trillion IDR into essential infrastructur...
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Vietnam’s USD 67 Billion High-Speed Rail Project Charts Independent Path, Shunning Foreign Investment
In a ground-breaking move that signals Vietnam's growing economic confidence, the Vietnamese National Assembly has approved an ambitious USD 67 billion high-speed rail network connecting Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, with the revolutionary decision to fund the megaproject primarily through domestic sources rather than traditional foreign investment, according to an announcement from the National Asse...
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China Construction America Ordered to Pay USD 1.6bn Over Conflict of Political Interests
A New York court has ordered China Construction America Inc. (CCA), a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned China State Construction Engineering, to pay USD 1.6 billion to BML Properties, the original owner of the Baha Mar casino resort in the Bahamas after the contractor was found to have committed "many acts of fraud" during its takeover of the project. The ruling marks a significant legal victory f...
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Becoming Bentley: 40 Years Ago, Bentley Brothers Launched A Software Company That Helped Change How We Live
Five brothers enamoured with computers and their potential pursued a bold idea to create software that could revolutionise how engineers design and build things. They spent the last four decades developing engineering software that has helped shape infrastructure around the world, helping make roads and bridges more resilient, water systems more sustainable, and communities more prepared for a cha...
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By 2040 Most of ASEAN’s Coal Power Plants Will Be Aged 28 Years, Ready to be Profitably Phased Out for Renewable Transition
Southeast Asia’s coal power plants could be profitably retired by 2040, aligning with global climate goals, as per a recent analysis by Global Energy Monitor (GEM). The study indicates that the region’s coal plants will average 28 years of age by 2040, approaching the global retirement benchmark of 36 years, which challenges the prevailing assumption that the fleet is too young to phase out, accor...
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Noida’s Upcoming Jewel: Jewar Airport Sets Sights on Becoming India’s Green Beacon
How 3D Digital Models Enable Sustainable Water Management for India's First Net-zero Airport In Uttar Pradesh, an ambitious endeavor is taking shape that aims to redefine the future of air travel in India. The Noida International Airport, more popularly known as Jewar Airport, is on track to set a new benchmark as the nation's largest airport and its very first to achieve net-zero emissions. Th...
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The Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS, A Symbol of Progress and Connectivity
The ambitious Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link is paving the way for a new era of transportation between Malaysia and Singapore. Set to redefine cross-border travel; this cutting-edge railway shuttle link is a testament to innovative engineering and a shared vision for seamless mobility. Initiated in 2019, the RTS Link is a marvel of modern transportation design, featuring ...
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