No futuro precisamos de mais e melhor Engenharia feita em Portugal e de acelerar o seu processo de Internacionalização. (...) Vamos aproveitar os próximos seis meses para coletivamente nos organizarmos de forma mais eficiente e, para tal, precisamos de um plano de aceleração da Internacionalização da Engenharia que congregue as empresas, os profissionais e os decisores políticos.

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The Philippines, vulnerable to typhoons and earthquakes among other calamities, is one of the most disaster-prone places on Earth. Resiliency for the new city, expected to eventually house 1.2 million people, begins with its location where the lowest point will be more than 177 feet above sea level.

Scientists agree on blueprint for what would be the world’s longest rail tunnel but politics means it is likely to remain a pipe dream for now

After years of debate, Chinese scientists are close to a consensus on the design for what would be the world’s longest undersea railway tunnel, connecting the mainland to Taiwan.

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Solar panels are a great renewable power source for homes and office buildings, but they can be overkill for smaller devices. Wearables and clothing can benefit more from kinetic energy, and we’ve seen carbon nanotubes in yarn being stretched out to produce electricity. That same material has now been used with cyanobacteria to create micro-solar panels.

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“The Belt and Road Initiative makes a unique contribution to international cooperation and economic development: it is based on the stakeholder approach, it seeks to leverage market forces in best ways, it prepares best for the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is built on the open platform concept, and most importantly, this initiative is the positive narrative the world needs.” Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

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O Grupo PCG Profabril Consulplano Global acaba de ser classificado no Ranking 2018 TOP 225 Internacional Design Firms do ENR, Engineeing News Record, publicação especializada americana que todos os anos publica vários Rankings americanos e internacionais de Empresas de Engenharia e de Construção.

After a decade of flat productivity, the arrival of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is expected to create up to $3.7 trillion in value to global manufacturing. A few years back, experts noted that the changes associated with the 4IR would come at an unprecedented rate yielding incredible results for those who truly embraced them. 

With global spending on digital transformation technologies (hardware, software, and services) expected to be nearly $1.3 trillion in 2018, an increase of 16.8% over the $1.1 trillion spent in 2017, government, businesses and cities around the world continues update their ICT assets and knowledge to keep pace with daily innovation in smart technologies that can help them accelerate their digital transformation, smart government and smart city agenda.

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While technology has typically created more jobs than it has destroyed on a historical basis, this context rarely stops people from believing that things are “different” this time around.

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Africa is urbanizing faster than any other continent, at a rate of 4% every year, compared to the global average of 2%. Its rapidly growing urban population continues to strain existing infrastructure - transport and energy, in particular.

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It is capable of storing 3 megawatts of power – enough to charge 500,000 iPhones or supply 7,000 households in Amsterdam for one hour – and its makers say it’s Europe’s largest commercial energy storage system using EV batteries.

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