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As this immense project nears its completion, take a look at some wonderful photos taken both onsite, around, above and below the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge. It cannot be said that the golden age of engineering is over when we can still produce projects like this.

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The banning of a dangerous pesticide came in time but man would not allow a little bird to survive.

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Announced in 2004, the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge has been five years under construction. Due to be completed in 2010, the bridge has slowly been taking shape. Here, with some amazing photographs is a record of this incredible bridge as it nears completion.

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The sight of a dam – one of the largest and most complex structures that humanity has ever created – can be quite breath-taking. Take a look at some of the most spectacular of these structures.

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Bamboo is being used in a number of innovative ways. Both old and new which include of course food, building material, environmental uses, decorative and functional objects of everyday need. This material is multi-functional, fast-growing and renewable. If ever there was an environmental product that could call itself “green” it would have to be bamboo.

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It is about bamboo. It includes general knowledge about this miracle plant, its use and the impact it can have on the economy and the environment.

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Concrete is a mixture of cement, water, coarse and fine aggregates. While the reinforce concrete is the mixture of all this components cast with reinforcement rod.