Aureon and Caisson iO launch industrial platform with double acquisition

The business, which plans to build a £300m portfolio, acquired Weston Industrial Estate in Weston-super-Mare and Metro Park in Leeds in its debut deals. The post Aureon and Caisson iO launch industrial platform with double acquisition appeared first on Property Week.

Barwood and Caisson JV seals £12.7m industrial double deal

The JV snapped up the industrial estates in Doncaster and Portsmouth on behalf of its Urban Industrial Income fund. The post Barwood and Caisson JV seals £12.7m industrial double deal appeared first on Property Week.

Award of Merit, Specialty Construction: Concrete Technology Corp. Graving Dry Dock Caisson Gate

After more than 100 gate docking and undocking operations across more than 45 years, Concrete Tech Corp.’s Tacoma dry dock was in need of a replacement caisson gate, a 150-ft-long floating concrete structure that serves as a watertight lock at the dry dock entrance.

George appointed managing director at Caisson iO

He has more than 20 years’ experience as a fund and portfolio manager. The post George appointed managing director at Caisson iO appeared first on Property Week.

Tower-sized ‘mega caisson’ sunk for Genoa’s new breakwater

Webuild has installed the first of 35 “mega caissons” for the Port of Genoa’s new breakwater. The concrete structure stands 33m tall, equivalent to an 11-storey building. It’s 67m long… The post Tower-sized ‘mega caisson’ sunk for Genoa’s new breakwater appeared first on Global Construction Review.

CNA Insider - Tommorrow City, Part 3/3 - Radical Innovations To Singapore's Water Problem, 03092021

Singapore is in the midst of innovating new solutions to manage its water supply; inventing high-tech filtration system that makes state-of-the-art water processing more energy-efficient than it is currently. But more land is also required and so planners have a bold vision for the Tuas megaport that will build the biggest container port in the world by 2040, that is AI-powered and remote-controlled from the very minute container ships dock at the berth

Practical Engineering - The Bizarre Paths of Groundwater Around Structures, 07062022

Next time you see a dam, retaining wall, caisson, or any other subsurface construction, there’s a good chance that engineers have had to consider how groundwater will affect the stability. Even though you’d never know they’re there, some combination of drains and cutoffs were probably installed to keep the structure (and the people around it) safe and sound.

Tom Scott - The Weirdest Bridge in Wales: The Newport Transporter Bridge, 03082015

There are only a few transporter bridges still working in the world. What are they for? Why weren't there more of them? And why don't we build them any more? Those answers and more, from an unsettlingly high position fifty metres above the River Usk.

Tom Scott - Archimedes and a Boat Lift: the Falkirk Wheel, 28092015

The Falkirk Wheel sits between Edinburgh and Glasgow, in the southern parts of Scotland, and it's the world's only rotating boat lift. There's some very clever design going on here -- and some physics that goes all the way back to Ancient Greece

Free Documentary - China's Mega Projects - World's Longest Cross Sea Bridge, 01102021

The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (HZMB) is a 55-kilometer (34 mile) bridge-tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It is both the longest sea-crossing and the longest open-sea fixed link in the world Originally set to be opened to traffic in late 2016, the structure was completed on February 6th, 2018, and journalists were taken for a ride over the bridge. On 24 October 24th, 2018, the HZMB was opened to the public