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New Buildings Institute
Organization that promotes "energy efficiency in buildings through policy development, research, guidelines and codes." Includes information on about lighting, architecture, mechanical systems, online reports, and tools.
http://www.newbuildings.org/

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Great Projects: The Building of America
Famous engineering projects from a series of four programs from PBS. Covers the building of Hoover Dam, Mississippi River levees, the first utility bridges in New York City, and Boston's Big Dig.
http://www.pbs.org/greatprojects/

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World Trade Centre - New York - Engineering Aspects
Basic information about the World Trade Center buildings. Also information about the structural system and informed speculation about why it collapsed. Includes diagrams, photographs. From the University of Sydney.
http://www.civil.usyd.edu.au/latest/wtc.php

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Dams
Interactive investigation into the good and bad impacts of dam construction.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geoguide/dams/

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Report Card for America's Infrastructure
Consists of short fact sheets and letter grades for America and states in twelve physical infrastructure categories. Provided by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
http://www.asce.org/reportcard/

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Structurae
Database of structures including buildings, bridges, dams, towers, and domes, browsable alphabetically, by structure type, function, construction method, geography, Information includes materials, dimensions, photographs. Available in English, French... see more
http://www.structurae.de/

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Building Big
About the engineering principles required to build large structures, including bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels. Discusses the various factors that need to be considered when designing large buildings.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/

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