Wikio - Civil Engineering

Civil Engineer Water Supply Network / Saintary Engineer (Designer) (BrightSpyre Jobs)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:56:23 GMT

... project, large or small, with a high degree of quality and efficiency. The applicant should be a Engineer with experience in Network Designing of Water Systems. For details please check www.aim-consultants.com Send your resumes to jobs@aim-consultants.com

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Civil Engineer: Structural Designer (BrightSpyre Jobs)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:56:22 GMT

AIM Consultants is a multi-disciplinary integrated firm that has put together a team of seasoned professionals and technicians who have considerable expertise in both traditional and high technologies. The firm has state-of-the-art facilities in ultra-modern offices for the primary objectives of designing for the built environment and the harnessing of natural resources. Through its key personnel...

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Civil Engineer - Roads (BrightSpyre Jobs)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:56:20 GMT

The applicant should be a designer capable of designing highways, and using road softwares.

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Aug. 27 letter from airport director of planning, design and construction (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:27:00 GMT

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How Schwarzenegger Is Trying to Finagle More Big Dam Construction (Alternet)

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:00:01 GMT

California Governor Schwarzenegger is using global warming as an excuse for more massive dam construction.

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Quake puts focus on China dam building (APM: Marketplace)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:46:11 GMT

Troops have been dispatched to shore up nearly 400 dams damaged by the Sichuan province earthquake. Mother Nature's mostly to blame, but there are worries over human error, too, since China has been exporting its dam-building expertise. Scott Tong reports.

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An Interview with A Civil Engineer (Brad Mills) (Batter's Box Interactive Magazine)

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:35:38 GMT

Brad Mills is a rarity among professional baseball players, he has a degree in civil engineering. Many pro baseball players are drafted from high school or after their junior year of college and most don't have a degree. As Mills notes below many of those players who stay in school to complete their fourth year take a less challenging degree to compensate for the demands and the travel...

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Civil Engineer PE (GadBall.com)

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT

First Light Resources is a highly specialized search firm in the fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction management. We are sought out by leading national companies looking for unique candidates. We work with the best, searching selectively for the right candidate at the right time. If you are looking for something different offered through a creative and professional resource...

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A dam good show (Scotsman.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:25:21 GMT

TODAY, a Second World War Avro Lancaster will rumble down the upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire and pass low over the reservoir and dam built there in the early years of the

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Photo Essay: China’s Industrial Neo-Colonialism (PSFK Trend: PSFK)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:15:31 GMT

... photos are accompanied by an equally intriquing text. The copy for the above photo reads: On the building site of the Imboulou dam, Republic of the Congo, 200km north of the capital Brazzaville. In the foreground a Chinese worker of the China National Mechanical & Equipment corporation (CMEC) company, which in 2001 has obtained the contract. With its 120 megawatts, this power plant will...

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California Water Politics - the Water Buffaloes are back! (GOAT - A High Country News Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:31:48 GMT

California officials are ignoring the state’s #1 water consumer – irrigated agriculture. Irrigation engineers tell us that – depending on current irrigation methods used – agricultural operations in California can reduce consumptive water use by 20% to 70% by installing modern irrigation methods and adopting modern irrigation management . This leads one to suspect that California’s water supply...

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Sangha demands support price for all crops (Hindu)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:17:13 GMT

... should encourage farmers with small pieces of lands to use modern technology. New vented dams should be built wherever necessary and existing ones should be repaired. Saltwater check dams should be . Kerosene and diesel at subsidised rates should be provided for agriculture pumpsets. A pension of Rs. 1,500 a month should be provided to farmers who had crossed 60 years, Mr. Sharma...

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Biologist is Working to Limit Impact of Hydroelectric Dams in Asia (YubaNet.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:43:31 GMT

Rivers around the world are being tamed by massive hydroelectric dams, with high-profile projects under construction in Laos and China and several proposed for the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. Researcher Guy Lanza of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is working to limit the environmental impact of these projects, which he says often deliver a legacy of economic hardship and health...

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HKEx To Add 3 New Stock Option Classes For A Total Of 50, 54 Per Cent Mainland-Related (Mondo Visione)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:42 GMT

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce China Railway, China Shenhua Energy and China Railway Construction stock options on Tuesday, 10 June this year.

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story (part ix) (rosneath)

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:38:46 GMT

Moving on apace now … On his return to Vancouver after the war, John moved from civil engineering into the lumber business, working with the Capilano Timber Company to log poles, piles and special timbers and locate standard gauge logging railways to extract timber from mountain valleys. In 1920, our father - John Travers (known as Travers) [...]

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I give up, says Brazilian minister who fought to save the rainforest (Democratic Underground)

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:19:12 GMT

... in her relationship with the President came after he gave the green light to massive road and dam-building projects in the Amazon basin, and a plan she drafted for the sustainable management of the region was taken from her and handed to a business-friendly fellow minister.more...

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Damaged water projects in China's quake area "need special care" (People Daily)

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:59:09 GMT

Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei said on Thursday that damaged water infrastructure, including reservoirs and hydropower plants, posed serious threats to flood control and security in earthquake-stricken regions, particularly in the har ...

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Dam Near China Quake Epicentre "Structurally Safe" - Experts (Red Orbit )

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:13 GMT

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Dam Near China Quake Epicentre "Structurally Safe," Experts Say" - Xinhua headline] CHENGDU, May 15 (Xinhua) - Chinese experts say the Zipingba dam, near the epicentre of a powerful earthquake that jolted the southwest Sichuan Province on Monday, is structurally stable and safe.

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Uganda: Museveni's Dams a Threat to Lake Victoria (All Africa)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:43:16 GMT

Uganda: Museveni's Dams a Threat to Lake VictoriaErnest WaitituAs the first rays of sunlight streak into Lake Victoria, Idi Otwoma and his two sons leave their village, pick up their nets and board their old wooden boat for the port of Kisumu.The sales from his catch put bread on the table for his family of two wives, eight children and nine grandchildren.But in the last few years, the seasoned...

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Iran adds to drought misery (Kurdish Globe) (Investor's Iraq Forum)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:30:16 GMT

While the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has already announced a drought in the region, Iran has constructed several water dams on Alwan and Sirwan Rivers that flow the region from Iran, causing several water shortages in Kurdish region. Read the entire article at IraqiUpdates.com...

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