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Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse
The Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse, known as the Entre-os-Rios disaster, killed all 59 people on a bridge over Portugal's Douro River on 4 March 2001.
Hinze Dam
Hinze Dam is an earth and rock-fill embankment dam on the Nerang River in South East Queensland, Australia, built in 1976 as the Gold Coast's main drinking water supply.
Hip roof
A hip roof, also known as a hipped roof, is a pitched roof in which every side slopes down toward the walls, leaving no vertical gable ends and performing better in high wind.
Hirakud Dam
Hirakud Dam is a dam across the Mahanadi river near Sambalpur, Odisha, India, commissioned in 1957 as one of independent India's earliest multi-purpose river valley projects.
Hiraya Water Corporation
Hiraya Water Corporation, formerly PrimeWater Infrastructure Corporation, is a Philippine water and wastewater provider serving over 1.7 million households through joint ventures with about 75 water districts.
Historic American Engineering Record
The Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) is a National Park Service program founded in 1969 that documents historic engineering and industrial sites through drawings, photographs, and written reports.
Historic bridge trusts and bridgemasters
Historic bridge trusts and bridgemasters were the endowed bodies and local officers English towns used to fund bridge upkeep before modern highway authorities, under the Bridges Acts of 1530 and 1670.
Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks program
The Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks program of the American Society of Civil Engineers has recognized more than 280 projects, including the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam, since 1966.
Historic fortified city of Carcassonne
The Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval walled town in southern France, a UNESCO World Heritage Site restored in the 19th century by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
Historic tunnels by period and region
Historic tunnels by period and region is an index of notable surviving tunnels built before 1900, organized by era and country, from Hezekiah's Tunnel to the Simplon.
History of architecture
The history of architecture, also called architectural history, is the study of how buildings were designed and built across time, from Vitruvius to Gothic, Baroque, and modern styles.
History of bridges
The history of bridges tracks how bridge building advanced from timber and stone to iron, steel, and reinforced concrete, from simple felled trees to long suspension spans.
History of civil engineering education
The history of civil engineering education covers the shift from apprenticeship and military schools to universities, with the first civil engineering degree awarded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1835.
History of construction
The history of construction records how humans planned and built shelters, monuments, and cities, from Neolithic earth and timber through Roman concrete to steel frames and prefabrication.
History of desalination
The history of desalination covers removing salt from seawater, from Aristotle's evaporation experiments and the 1881 Malta plant to reverse osmosis, now in over 20,000 plants worldwide.
History of immersed tube tunnelling
The history of immersed tube tunnelling runs from Wyatt's 1810 brick cylinders through the 1890s Shirley Gut siphon and the 1910 Detroit River Tunnel to two traditions, the American steel shell and the European concrete box.
History of sewerage and sanitation
The history of sewerage and sanitation traces urban drainage from Mesopotamia and Rome's Cloaca Maxima through a medieval decline to 19th-century reforms like Bazalgette's London sewers.
History of the British canal system
The history of the British canal system covers the building, decline, and leisure revival of Britain's man-made waterways, from Roman-era works to a 4,250-mile peak network.
History of the London Underground
The history of the London Underground runs from the Metropolitan Railway of 1863, the world's first underground railway, through the 1890 electric tube to today's 11-line network.
History of the Panama Canal
The history of the Panama Canal spans a failed French attempt in the 1880s, American construction of a lock canal opened in 1914, and Panamanian control since 1999.
History of the pound lock
The history of the pound lock traces the two-gated canal lock from its 1373 debut at Vreeswijk in the Netherlands back to a Chinese chamber lock of 984.
History of the shield tunnelling method
The history of the shield tunnelling method begins with Marc Isambard Brunel, who patented the first tunnelling shield in 1818 and used it to build the Thames Tunnel.
History of the world's tallest buildings
The history of the world's tallest buildings traces record holders from the Great Pyramid of Giza through New York skyscrapers to Dubai's 828 m Burj Khalifa.
History of the world's tallest structures
The history of the world's tallest structures traces the height record from the Great Pyramid of Giza to the 828 m Burj Khalifa, the record holder since 2010.
History of tunnel boring machines
The history of tunnel boring machines spans Marc Brunel's 1818 shield for the Thames Tunnel and James Robbins' first modern TBM, built for South Dakota's Oahe Dam in 1952.
History of water supply and sanitation
The history of water supply and sanitation traces how societies delivered clean water and removed waste, from Neolithic wells and Roman aqueducts to today's piped networks.
Hivernacle
Hivernacle: the 1883–1887 cast-iron and glass greenhouse in Barcelona's Parc de la Ciutadella, built by Josep Amargós i Samaranch for the 1888 Universal Exposition, restored and reopened December 2023, now part of the Natural Sciences Museum.
HM Prison Millsike
HM Prison Millsike, also known as HMP Millsike, is a Category C resettlement prison for men in Full Sutton near York, England, opened in 2025 with about 1,500 places.
Hobbiton Movie Set
Hobbiton Movie Set is a permanent film set near Matamata, New Zealand, built for The Lord of the Rings and now a major tourist attraction.
Hochtief
Hochtief is a German construction and infrastructure company headquartered in Essen. Founded in 1873, it has been majority-owned by Spain's ACS since 2011 and operates through Turner in the US and CIMIC in Australia.