The University of Auckland Civil Engineering consists of people interested in civil engineering.
The University of Auckland Civil Engineering Association is a faculty club which aims to organise social and professional events for all Civil Engineering students.
23/10/2017
The Louvre Museum is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. Approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 72,735 square metres (782,910 square feet). The Louvre in 2016 was the world's most visited art museum, receiving 7.3 million visitors.
05/02/2017
Kamuthi Solar Power Project (India)
The world's largest solar project
It is a solar photovoltaic power generating station at Kamuthi, 90 km from Madurai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. This project is generating of 648 MW at a single location and it is the world's largest single location solar project. Panels occupy 1270 acres of land. 30,000 tonnes of galvanised steel were used. About 8500 personnel worked on average installing about 11 MW in a day to set up the plant in stipulated time. Given the solar resource of around 5.5 kWh/m2,day an annual generation of 1.3 TWh/yr may be possible.
10/07/2016
Eureka Tower (Melbourne, Australia).
297.3-metre (975 ft) skyscraper located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Specifications:
556 apartments
13 lifts travelling up to 9 m/s
52,000 m2 of windows
3680 stairs
110,000 tonnes of concrete
5000 tonnes of reinforced steel
Building weighs 200,000 tonnes
Construction started August 2002
Completed October 2006
Eureka Tower was the tallest residential building in the world when completed.
29/05/2016
Shanghai World Financial Center
Floor count : 101 (3 below ground)
Floor area : 381,600 m2 (4,107,500 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators : 91
Construction started : 27 August 1997
Completed : 2008
It s a super tall skyscraper located in the Shanghai, China.
28/05/2016
Zifeng Tower
It is a 450-metre (1,480 ft) supertall skyscraper in Nanjing, China.
The 89-storey building completed in 2010.
09/04/2016
Largest stadium in the world: Rungrado 1st of May Stadium.
Location: Pyongyang, North Korea
Capacity:150,000 seats
The Rungrado 1st of May Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, completed on May 1, 1989. It is currently the largest stadium in the world, with a capacity of 150,000, and occupies 20.7 hectares (51 acres).
It hosts events on a main pitch sprawling across over 22,500 m² (242,200 ft²). Its total floor space is over 207,000 m² (2.2 million ft²) across eight stories, and the lobes of its roof peak at more than 60 m (197 ft) from the ground.
25/01/2016
Ostankino Tower (Russia)
Ostankino Tower is a television and radio tower in Moscow.
Standing 540.1 metres (1,772 ft) tall.
Construction began in 1963 and was completed in 1967.
A 1994 plan to increase the tower's height to 561 metres by adding an antenna.
07/11/2015
Gateway Arch (USA)
Height: 192 m
Opened: 1965
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot monument in State of Missouri.
26/10/2015
Tokyo Tower:
Height: 333 m
Construction started: June 1957
Opened: December 23, 1958
It is a communications and observation tower located in Tokyo, Japan. It is the second-tallest structure in Japan.
07/10/2015
World's longest suspension bridge and bungee Jump.
(1,800-foot-long bridge)
(Russia, Sochi)
03/10/2015
World’s tallest and longest glass bridge
(China)
The structure would span 370 meters (1,214 feet) and hold up to 800 people at once - making it the world's longest and tallest glass bridge.
13/07/2015
CCTV Headquarters (China)
Location: Beijing, China
Height: 234 m
Floor count 51+3 below ground
Floor area 389,079 m2 (4,188,010 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators 75
