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INGETEC S.A.
INGETEC S.A., also known as Ingetec S.A. Ingenieros Consultores, is a Colombian consulting engineering firm founded in 1947 and headquartered in Bogotá, known for dams, hydropower, and highways.
Inguri Dam
The Inguri Dam, also called the Enguri Dam (Georgian: ენგურჰესი), is a concrete arch dam on the Inguri River in northwestern Georgia, completed in 1980 and among the tallest dams in the world.
Ingush tower
An Ingush tower is a medieval stone tower of mountainous Ingushetia in the North Caucasus, built from the 12th to the 18th century as dwelling, fortress, or both.
Inigo Jones
Inigo Jones (1573–1652) was an English architect and Surveyor of the King's Works who introduced classical Palladian architecture to England through the Queen's House, Greenwich, and the Banqueting House, Whitehall.
Inland Feeder
The Inland Feeder is a 44-mile gravity-fed raw water pipeline and tunnel system in Southern California, completed in 2009 to deliver State Water Project water to Diamond Valley Lake.
Inland Waterways Authority of India (भारतीय अंतर्देशीय जलमार्ग प्राधिकरण)
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (भारतीय अंतर्देशीय जलमार्ग प्राधिकरण) is a statutory body regulating India's national waterways, established in 1986 and headquartered at Noida.
Inland waterways of the United States
The inland waterways of the United States are navigable rivers, canals, and intracoastal channels used mainly for bulk freight, maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Inn
An inn is a public lodging house providing food, drink, and accommodation to travelers; coaching inns once served stagecoaches, changing horses every fifteen miles or so.
Inspire Arena
Inspire Arena (인스파이어 아레나) is a 15,000-capacity indoor arena in the Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island in Incheon, South Korea, opened in December 2023 with the Melon Music Awards.
Institution of Civil Engineers
The Institution of Civil Engineers, known as ICE, is a London-based professional membership body for civil and infrastructure engineers, founded in 1818 with nearly 98,000 members worldwide.
Intake tower
An intake tower, also called an outlet tower, is a vertical concrete structure in a reservoir that feeds water from a dam to penstocks or conduits.
Integrated project delivery
Integrated project delivery (IPD) is a construction project delivery method in which the owner, prime designer, and prime builder share risk and reward, with each participant's success tied to the project's success.
Intensity–duration–frequency curve
An intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curve gives the rainfall intensity expected for a given storm duration and recurrence interval, guiding design of urban drainage and flood defenses.
Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed links
An intercontinental or transoceanic fixed link is a permanent bridge, tunnel, or causeway crossing a strait or ocean, built mostly as long-studied proposals like Gibraltar and the Bering Strait.
Interior design
Interior design is a distinct profession that plans non-structural interior environments, selecting materials, furnishings, lighting, and acoustics, and is regulated in most U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
Interior designer
An interior designer is a professional qualified by education, experience, and examination to plan interior spaces, from residences to institutions, covering space planning, materials, lighting, and building codes.
Internal drainage board
An internal drainage board (IDB) is an independent local public body in England that manages water levels and reduces flood risk in low-lying areas called internal drainage districts.
International bridges over the Rio Grande
The international bridges over the Rio Grande are the vehicular and rail crossings between Texas and Mexico; a 2001 inventory counted 23 vehicular bridges plus five rail-only spans.
International Building Code
The International Building Code (IBC) is a model building code published by the International Code Council, first published in 2000 and adopted in some form in every U.S. state.
International Commerce Centre (环球贸易广场)
The International Commerce Centre (环球贸易广场), also called ICC Tower, is a 484 m, 118-storey skyscraper atop MTR Kowloon Station in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, and the city's tallest building.
International Commission on Large Dams
The International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) is an international organization of National Committees that sets standards for safe dam construction and operation, with 101 member countries.
International Energy Conservation Code
The International Energy Conservation Code, first published in 1998, is a model building energy code by the International Code Council that states and local jurisdictions adopt directly.
International recognition of engineering heritage
International recognition of engineering heritage is the formal identification of historic tunnels, dams, and industrial works through national registers and bodies like ICOMOS and UNESCO.
International Roughness Index
The International Roughness Index (IRI) is a road pavement quality metric that summarizes surface roughness using a simulated reference vehicle, originating from a 1982 World Bank experiment in Brazil.
International Ship and Port Facility Security Code
The International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code) is a set of measures to enhance ship and port security, adopted by the IMO in December 2002.
International Style
The International Style is a modern architectural style that emerged in Western Europe in the 1920s, named by Hitchcock and Johnson in their 1932 MoMA exhibition.
International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
The International Tunnels and Underground Space (ITA-AITES), also known as ITA, is a non-profit association founded in 1974 by nineteen nations to promote the tunnel profession globally.
International Union of Architects
The International Union of Architects (UIA, Union Internationale des Architectes) is a federation of national architects' organizations founded in Lausanne in 1948, headquartered in Paris.
International Water Association
The International Water Association is a global organization of water professionals, utilities, and researchers, formed in 1999 by merger, with over 10,000 members in more than 140 countries.
Interstate 85 bridge collapse
The Interstate 85 bridge collapse, also known as the I-85 bridge collapse, was the 2017 failure of an Atlanta overpass after a fire set beneath it.