Dubai, best civil engineering projects in world

Here are 10 best civil engineering projects Great Pyramid of Giza: Is made of three million stone blocks is built by thirty thousand labor and it is the tallest (450 ft) man made structure in world for more than 3800 years. Great Wall of China: five thousand and a half mile long wall is that the mortar used in its construction is made of rice flour. The present condition of this wall to be took place enjoys 2000 years Aqueduct of Segovia: It consist 167 arches and each arch is 29 ft tall and is made of 2400 granite block/ Brooklyn Bridge: Was the first longest (3460ft) suspension bridge to use steel in its cables. It has a capacity of 144000 vehicles a day. Panama Canal: This man made canal (77 km) was designed to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to provide trade ships with passage between North and South America. More than 15000 ships cross the canal every year. Hoover Dam: Provide electricity to 1.3 million people included in the Seven Wonders of the World, the dam generates four billion kilowatt hours of electricity for use. Golden Gate Bridge: This historic wonder 80000 mile long is made 27572 strands of wire connects San Francisco to the rest of the bay, and is made up of six hundred thousand rivets. English Channel Tunnel: A thirty-one mile long tunnel, the English Channel Tunnel , the 2nd longest tunnel currently contains the longest portion of any tunnel housed under the sea. ASCE named it 7th wonder of modern world. Burj Khalifa: Interestingly enough, one of the biggest setbacks to face the construction of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building (2717 ft), was one hundred and sixty kilometer per hour winds that required special testing to determine the safety of the construction material. It has 163 floors covering an area of 3.3 million feet square. Qingdao Haiwan Bridge: It is currently the longest bridge in the world, took 4 years and 10,000 workers and was specially designed with 450,000 tons of steelto withstand earthquakes and typhoons. To know more about what is civil engineering and civil engineering projects vist http://www.whatengineers.com/civil-engineer/