Civil engineers are used to constructing buildings and other structures on top of dirt, but with sea levels rising and the cost of creating new land becoming more economically and environmentally challenging, placing nearshore structures with permanent moorings over water has become increasingly advantageous. For example, in instances when a structure must transfer a large amount of heat out of a system to keep equipment cool, as is sometimes the case with industrial processes, a floating structure can have significant advantages.
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