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PHOTO: Scaffolding to the sky as workers make repairs to Washington Monument

PHOTO: Scaffolding to the sky as workers make repairs...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 06, 2013

Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press We love this photo from the Associated Press which shows workers atop an impressive stretch of ...

Sany sends equipment, rescue teams to Chinese earthquake recovery efforts

Sany sends equipment, rescue teams to Chinese...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 30, 2013

Photo credit: Sany In response to a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the Lushan County area of Sichuan Province, China on April ...

NYC building $38 million steel wall to protect subway from future storms

NYC building $38 million steel wall to protect subway...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 02, 2013

Credit: MTA Flickr New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority is in the process of installing a two-mile steel wall to ...

Construction boom kicks in 5 months in Sandy’s wake

Construction boom kicks in 5 months in Sandy’s...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 14, 2013

Steven Hauck, owner of SJ Hauck House Movers, looks at one of the many New Jersey homes damaged by ...

Meteorite explosion over Russia injures nearly 1,000 (VIDEO)

Meteorite explosion over Russia injures nearly 1,000...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 15, 2013

A meteor weighing an estimated 10 tons shattered between 18 and 32 miles above the Chelyabinsk region and Russia's Ural ...

Buffalo researchers to test how NYC’s old brownstones would fair in an earthquake

Buffalo researchers to test how NYC’s old...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 14, 2013

For years, folks in New York City gave little thought to natural disasters. That sort of thing simply didn't happen ...

Study swings cargo containers to build stronger structures for tsunamis

Study swings cargo containers to build stronger...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 11, 2013

Ruin of houses after hit by the tsunami in Aceh Indonesia. During a tsunami, water isn't the only problem structures ...

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