Spring 2024 – Did You Know?
Did You Know?
Civil engineers have a very particular set of skills. Skills that have been acquired and taught over many centuries dating back to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia when humans started to abandon a nomadic existence. Over the next several newsletters we will be counting down 15 interesting things that civil engineers know, following is number 7.
Why the leaning Tower of Pisa hasn’t fallen over yet
Civil engineers probably understand that the Leaning Tower of Pisa was kept from collapsing thanks to some ingenuitive geotechnical engineering. Engineers kept the tower from collapsing by placing weights on the north end of the foundation to right the structure. Now it is believed that the structure will survive for hundreds of more years.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/15-things-only-civil-engineers-know
