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  • PRESS RELEASE
    For Immediate Release
    December 12, 2017
    Contact: Communication and Alumni Relations Office
    Rafik Hariri University
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    RHU hosts a seminar on the first cantilever bridge in Lebanon

    RHU College of Engineering (CE) - Civil and Environmental Engineering Department - hosted Mr. Guy Tebet, CEO at CCL, prestressed concrete specialists and president for the ASCE Lebanon section, for a seminar on "The First Balanced Cantilever Bridge in Lebanon.” The seminar was held on Tuesday December 12, 2017 at 11 a.m. in RHU theatre. 

     

    RHU engineering students, mainly majoring in civil and environmental engineering, attended the seminar. Mr. Tabet explained thoroughly the detailed process of building the first balanced bridge in Lebanon, using the cantilever method from both sides. The bridge which links two hills, 100 meters apart, will save around 20 minutes of traffic and will be finalized in November 2018.

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