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Salina Turda – The Underground Amusement Park
Salina Turda is an ancient salt mine in the Transylvanian countryside that has been turned into an interesting and unlikely tourist attraction, an underground amusement park.
Underground Hotel – Shanghai
The Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland nicknamed the “earthscraper” is a groundbreaking new hotel built in an abandoned quarry, 88 metres below ground.
All-Electric Homes – Sacramento
All-electric homes are becoming the default for new residential construction in the greater Sacramento, California area.
Concrete that Generates its own Electricity
Photovoltaic concrete is a new kind of concrete that generates its own electricity by converting light to energy. This can be done using a process called semiconducting, which is similar to how solar panels work.
Vietnam’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm
Vietnam has completed construction on it’s largest onshore wind farm in the Dam Nai, located in the Ninh Thuan province.
Skypod by PLP Architecture
Skypod by PLP Architecture is a new and unique elevator system design that is connected by a series of pods that snakes around the exterior of the skyscraper instead of using the original pulley system
Hempcrete Homes
Hempcrete is a cheap and eco friendly composite made from fibers of the industrial hemp plant that’s mixed with lime to create a concrete like building material.
Why Domino’s Pizza is Filling in Potholes
Domino’s Pizza announced in June of 2018 their plan to help with the pothole crisis sweeping across the US with their new “Paving for Pizza” initiative.
3D Printed Bioplastic for Construction
3D printing has slowly been growing in popularity over the past few years, most recently making its imprint on the construction industry, making it a major…
Binishell Inflatable Concrete Homes
Binishell inflatable concrete homes are durable concrete homes bulit using a unique technique, in this article you'll learn how they do it, and how each home only costs $3,500.
Flying Train – Russia
Inventor Dahir Semenov from Russia has reinvented airborne travel with the flying train. This incredible form of transportation can travel at speeds up to 400 miles per hour and can transport up to 2,000 passengers.
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in Sandouping China is the largest dam in the world measuring at 2,335 metres or 7,660 feet long with the height reaching 185 metres or 607 feet.
Hurricane Resistant Homes
North Carolina-based prefab home builder, Deltec, has designed a home that can withstand even the strongest hurricane. It was designed so that families displaced by these catastrophic storms can have some peace of mind as they evacuate, that they’ll be returning to their home in one piece.
Self Driving Bulldozer
Built Robotics, a San Francisco based robotics company, is developing driverless bulldozers and excavators in an effort to simplify the construction process and make it safer for workers to operate the heavy machinery.
World’s Longest and Deepest Rail Tunnel – The Gotthard BaseTunnel
The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest, deepest, tunnel in the world. It was created to revolutionize European freight transport by providing a high-speed rail link between northern and southern Europe, running directly under the Swiss Alps.

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