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This week's Architectural Marvel Spot is the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 🌍🏙️ Petronas Towers is not only a stunning feature of Kuala Lumpur's skyline but also a symbol of impressive engineering and architectural innovation: 📍 Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 🇲🇾 ⛽🌐 Petronas, The Company: Petronas, short for Petroliam Nasional Berhad, is Malaysia's fully integrated oil and gas multinational ranked among the largest corporations in the world. The towers serve as the headquarters for this energy giant, symbolizing its status and economic strength in the global market. 🏗️🌍 Engineering and Construction Feat: Opened in 1998, the towers were the world's tallest buildings until 2004, reaching 452 meters. One of the critical challenges during construction was the soft soil upon which they were built. To address this, a record-breaking 13,200 cubic meters of high-strength concrete were used for each tower's foundation, ensuring stability for these enormous structures. 🌟🪞 Design and Materials: Clad in stainless steel and vision glass, the Petronas Towers reflect Kuala Lumpur's sunlight, combining modern aesthetics with durability. 🏢🛍️ Multipurpose Use: Beyond housing Petronas, the towers also encompass Suria KLCC, a large shopping mall, an art gallery, an orchestral hall, and more, making them central to city life in Kuala Lumpur. 🌉👀 Sky Bridge Feature: The sky bridge connecting the towers symbolizes architectural and engineering ingenuity, providing stunning cityscape views. 🎨🔍 Cultural Integration in Design: The towers' design includes motifs from traditional Malaysian crafts, integrating cultural elements into modern architecture. 🍃🌏 Sustainable Approach: Committed to environmental responsibility, the towers incorporate green building practices, including energy-efficient systems. Let the Petronas Towers inspire us this week – a testament to overcoming natural and engineering challenges, and a symbol of sustainable and culturally conscious architectural design. 🇲🇾🏢 #PetronasTowers #MalaysianArchitecture #EngineeringMarvel #SustainableDesign #Smartcon

🔗💻🔎 https://lnkd.in/dm4SgTuU 🧑📖 Revealing the impact of losses on flexible pavement due to vehicle overloading 👨⚖️ 🏫 ©️ Muh Miftahulkhair, Muhammad Zainul Arifin, Fauzul Rizal Sutikno (Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia) Keywords: #flexible #pavement, mechanistic-empirical pavement #design, #overloading, #truck #factor, #excess fuel #consumption Abstract Pavement overload has become a significant concern in Indonesia due to its damaging effects on the pavement system, where most roads use flexible pavements. Meanwhile, overloading is also typical in other developing countries, causing everything from damage to accidents to the detriment of road users and operators. The current problem is that there is no definite knowledge of handling these overloaded vehicles, which has adverse effects. Therefore, this study aims to reveal the impact of losses caused by overloaded vehicles on flexible pavement. This research uses vehicle traffic load data to examine actual conditions in the field, which are converted to axle load values for each vehicle and used to determine pavement condition using the truck factor approach, mechanistic-empirical design, pavement smoothness level, and the impact of overloading due to fuel consumption by vehicles on flexible pavement. The results show that overloaded vehicles harm the flexible pavement. The increase in truck factor values for all vehicles in overloaded vehicles beyond the maximum allowable load results in more damage to the flexible pavement with an increase in truck factor values up to 83 %. The effect of overloading can be mitigated by increasing the thickness of the asphalt layer and the modulus of asphalt, so it is essential to pay attention to the quality of asphalt in anticipation of this overloading. To anticipate the overload phenomenon, it was found that the thickness of the asphalt overlay in the range of 170–205 mm could mitigate this detrimental effect. In addition, overloading affects the flexible pavement roughness and vehicle fuel consumption. Increased roughness and fuel consumption will increase road maintenance costs and affect driving comfort and safety. In addition, excessive fuel consumption can pollute the surrounding environment.

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As a Site Engineer Inside Alba Factory - Cathode Sealing Office Building

As a Site Engineer Inside Alba Factory - Cathode Sealing Office Building

As a Site Engineer Inside Alba Factory - Cathode Sealing Office Building

As a Site Engineer Inside Alba Factory - Cathode Sealing Office Building

As a Site Engineer Inside Alba Factory - Cathode Sealing Office Building