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• The basics of civil engineering (that's building stuff)
• The science of structures
• How do you build a skyscraper?
• All about bridges
• Learn about the strength of domes, like the Pantheon
• The opposite of construction is deconstruction, or demolition!
• Find out how the Water Cube was designed and built

• Treading on eggshells

• Engineering for kids
• When simple harmonic motion meets a bridge
• The top ten constructions of the 20th Century
• The fluid dynamics lab at Monash University (home of our wind engineers)
• Check out some of these great designs from a balsa wood bridge building contest
• How they get cranes up, and why they don't topple over
• Strong shapes
• Build it and bust it!

Try these DIY science experiments from CSIRO's Science by Email:

• Build a paper bridge.
• How about a lolly bridge?
• How to build your own hydraulics and pneumatics
• Some interesting side-effects of rust.

• Dr Rob
• Stuart Bull - 3D Modeller
• Tristram Carfrae - Structural Engineer
• Michael Eaddy - Wind Engineers