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29 Articles in Design 2004
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Prizes on offer in Ekspan bridge building game

Ekspan has teamed up with software company Chronic Logic to run a holiday competition to "build" a (...)

Peace Bridge design competition announced

The Buffalo & Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority is preparing to launch an international bridge design competition for a new crossing of the (...)

Options narrowed for Bay Bridge

Californian's transport authorities have recommended development of a simpler option for the main span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (...)

Design funds announced for NZ's Kopu Bridge

Land Transport New Zealand has approved US$2 million for the design of the replacement for Coromandel's 80-year-old Kopu (...)

Peter Head to run Arup urban design business

Peter Head is joining Arup from Fabermaunsell to lead a newly integrated business in urban design and (...)

Treetop bridges win Canadian tourism award

Capilano Suspension Bridge's treetops adventure near Vancouver has been named innovator of the year in Canada's national awards for (...)

Designer picked for Ohio's Downtown Bridge

Michael Baker has beaten four other major consultants to win the design contract for the Downtown Bridge, a key part of the US$1.9 billion Ohio (...)

Malta invites bridge upgrade tenders

The Maltese government has launched an international tender for engineering services to determine the work needed at its Manwel Dimech (...)

India's highest steel arch set for 2007 completion

Konkan Railway has awarded bridge and tunnel contracts worth some US$290 million for work on the Katra-Laole section of (...)

Bridge designs unveiled for Singapore walkways

Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority has unveiled the selected designs for two bridges and an elevated walkway as part of its plans for (...)

Environmental study outlines St Croix options

The US Federal Highway Administration and the Wisconsin and Minnesota Departments of Transportation have released a supplemental draft (...)

Shanghai gives nod to 10km bridge link

Shanghai has approved plans for a massive bridge and tunnel connection between Chongming Island and the city's downtown (...)

Balfour Beatty wins contract for finback bridge

A distinctive concrete "finback" bridge will be the focus of a US$48 million design and build contract just awarded to Balfour Beatty (...)

Gateshead Millennium Bridge scoops German honour

Consulting engineer Gifford and Wilkinson Eyre Architects have won a prestigious German award, the Balthasar Neumann Preis 2004, for the (...)

Welsh bridge honoured in British steel design awards

Swansea Sail Bridge was one of four winners of the 2004 Structural Steel Design Awards, which were presented at a ceremony in London this (...)

Peace Bridge options put to the vote

Public comment is being invited on the proposed designs for the new Peace Bridge over the Niagara River (...)

Report published on Yukon River Bridge

Consultation has started on proposals for a bridge over the Yukon River at Dawson City, Canada following publication of the Yukon (...)

Saigon River bridge approved

The Vietnam Government has approved a US$58 million bridge linking Ho Chi Minh city centre with the Thu Thiem peninsula (...)

Plans unveiled for Budapest city crossing

Budapest's general assembly has discussed plans for a new bridge to improve access to the city's fast-growing Ujpest district (...)

London transport body backs new Thames crossing

Plans for a US$825 million new crossing of the River Thames in east London were approved today by the board of the capital's integrated (...)