Holding back the hurricanes
Atlantic hurricanes can cause death and destruction even as far north as New York City where engineers are about to embark on a huge coastal defence project...
- MS Amlin / Article / 7 days ago
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What does the EU’s commercial property boom mean for P&C insurance
The risk of undervaluing a commercial property, in the context of insurance, is clear...
- MS Amlin / Article / 4 months ago
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A theme park 20 metres deep
A new underwater park in the Arabian Gulf offers both diving tourism and marine research...
- MS Amlin / Article / 5 months ago
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Radar August
Global transport, energy, technology and science are all evolving faster than ever. These innovative ideas – some far-sighted, others just pipe dreams – have popped up on the MS Amlin radar...
- MS Amlin / Article / 6 months ago
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With the recent heatwave making headlines across Europe, it’s easy to forget that June saw people being evacuated from their homes due to heavy...
- MS Amlin / Article / 7 months ago
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Living In A Bathtub
Dutch shipping hub is testing new ground for ambitious new projects in flood management, Giovanna Dunmall discovers...
- MS Amlin / Article / 1 year ago
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Moscow’s Skyscraper City Is Way Behind Schedule - Bloomberg
The three tallest skyscrapers in Europe have all opened since 2013 on a riverfront site 2.5 miles west of the Kremlin. All that new glass-sheathed space hit the market just as the Russian economy tanked and vacancies for premium offices in the district...
- MS Amlin / Article / 4 years ago
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Concrete Is Not As Strong Of A Building Material As We Thought - Fast Co.Design
Some of our favorite building materials are also the most vulnerable. Think of glass—floor-to-ceiling windows are awesome, until they fall 18 stories onto the street. But we typically think of concrete as solid. Concrete structures from ancient Rome...
- MS Amlin / Article / 4 years ago
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This 34-Story Skyscraper Would Be The Tallest Wood Building In The World - Fast Co.Exist
It’s no longer just cabins that can be built from logs. In Canada, they’re gearing up for the opening of the North America’s tallest wood building—with six mighty floors. In London, a wood tower stretches to reach floor nine. But in Sweden, the architecture firm...
- MS Amlin / Article / 4 years ago
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An 'unusual' earthquake in Japan is prompting calls for new skyscraper designs - Business Insider
Scientists studying the earthquake that struck southern Japan in April have identified a number of seismological factors that made the tremor so destructive – and warn that should the same factors combine beneath a major city it could bring down a skyscraper...
- MS Amlin / Article / 4 years ago
- uk.businessinsider.com