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How A Historical Blunder Helped Create The Water Crisis In The West

This is a great discussion about how water rights were originally divided in the West and how it could have been done better based on new and better information.

(http://www.npr.org/2015/06/25/417430662/how-a-historical-blunder-helped-create-the-water-crisis-in-the-west)

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Engineering Local

Markets with Biggest Office Construction Pipelines

(http://nreionline.com/office/8-markets-biggest-office-construction-pipelines)

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Engineering

How much one parking space adds to rent

(http://www.reinventingparking.org/2015/06/how-much-does-one-parking-spot-add-to.html)

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Engineering

How much parking increases rent

(http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2015/06/boston-parking-costs.php)

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Engineering History Local

160 year old Gay Head light house on Martha’s Vineyard, MA moved back from eroding cliff

(https://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/historic-gay-head-lighthouse-completes-135-foot-move-215050297.html)

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Engineering

How highways lanes should be used

(https://www.facebook.com/MassStatePolice/posts/825873197496665)

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Engineering History Local

Oldest US two-span masonry arch bridge: 1764 Choate bridge, Ipswich MA

(http://www.asce.org/project/choate-bridge)

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Engineering Local

The Charles River is now the cleanest urban river in America

(http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/05/18/yes-the-charles-river-is-clean-enough-to-swim-in)

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Engineering

Multifamily Embraces Modular Construction

It only took 47 days to construct 65 apartments including 36 days to create 52 modules in a factoryand just 11 days to set the modules in place.

(http://nreionline.com/multifamily/multifamily-embraces-modular-construction)

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Engineering

Generating Power One Step At a Time

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One hour of walk time with a pair of EnSoles, designed by Hahna Alexander (inset), provides 2.5 hours of talk time on a smartphone.

(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/generating-power-one-step-at-a-time-180953436)