ENGINEERING INSIGHTS | At Marina Bay Sands, around 1.4 million litres of water sit almost 200 metres above ground, across three towers that do not move in exactly the same way. Supporting that weight is only part of the engineering challenge. The pool also has to accommodate movement. In its technical account of the project, Arup describes how differential movement between the towers had to be considered under gravity, wind and seismic loads. The SkyPark incorporates separate

Last week, we promised skyscrapers, extreme winds and why stopping a building from moving is not actually the goal. So we thought we should start with the obvious one. Burj Khalifa stands 828 metres above Dubai, but the interesting engineering starts more than 50 metres below it. Before construction moved skyward, engineers tested foundation piles under loads of up to 6,000 tonnes. The completed foundation would eventually rely on 192 reinforced concrete piles beneath a massi

Delivered by Deicorp and designed by Candalepas Associates , the project will rise 55 storeys above the southern edge of Hyde Park, a...

CYPRESS PALMS | Set to become Queensland’s tallest residential towers, this twin-tower development is a bold and ambitious addition to...