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Five-storey building collapse in Egypt: at least six fatalities
- Jan, 08, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Reliability Structural Behavior Standards And Design Codes News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Egypt, Cairo
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Building collapses are common in Egypt, where shoddy construction and a lack of maintenance are widespread in shantytowns, poor city neighborhoods and rural areas. At least six people were killed...
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The five longest bridges in India
- Dec, 08, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Structural Design Structural Systems Standards And Design Codes Other Structural News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services News On Awards Other News
- India
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The bridges of India are more-than-welcome steel-and-iron giants, reaching far and wide while overcoming natural barriers of waterbodies, marshy areas, and rocky terrain, as well as manmade blocks of...
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The world's longest suspended bridge may soon link the island of Sicily in Italy with the mainland
- Dec, 02, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Other Structural Standards And Design Codes News On Awards News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- Italy
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The idea of building a bridge between the island of Sicily with the mainland is not new for the Italian planners. However, the decades-long planning process for the massive engineering project was ab...
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Washington, D.C.: First mass timber commercial office building opens
- Nov, 11, 2022
- Wood Structures Performance-Based Design Structural Design Sustainable Development Standards And Design Codes Structural Optimization News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News News On Awards
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The office building at 80 M Street SE in Washington, D.C., might not stand out if you walked past it. It sits comfortably between several other office buildings, all sporting the same modern exterior...
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The future of steel production and steel structure construction
- Nov, 27, 2022
- Steel Structures Other Structural Structural Stability Structural Behavior Standards And Design Codes News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
This article will explore four technologies that are helping shape the future of steel construction. It is no overstatement to say that steel production and construction are primary shapers of our re...
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Indonesia earthquake: at least 271 fatalities, 40 missing - search for survivors from rescuers
- Nov, 20, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Seismic Effects Other Structural Standards And Design Codes News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/phenomena Other News
- Indonesia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 5.6 magnitude quake struck a mountainous region in Indonesia on Monday, causing landslides that buried entire villages near the West Java town of Cianjur. The earthquake, which struck at a shallow...
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Ηistoric downtown LaPorte building collapsed: investigators trying to determine the cause
- Oct, 27, 2022
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Standards And Design Codes Other Structural Structural Stability News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Indiana, South Bend
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Part of a three-story building more than a century old in downtown LaPorte collapsed Wednesday night. Fortunately, authorities said nobody was inside when about one-third of the front of the structur...
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Building collapse in Kenya: at least 5 fatalities
- Sep, 26, 2022
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Standards And Design Codes Structural Design Structural Behavior Other Structural Concrete Structures News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Kenya, Nairobi
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
At least five people Five people were confirmed dead in Kirigiti on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after a six-story building collapsed on Monday. Authorities fear that the death toll cou...
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Plans for Australia’s tallest tower
- Sep, 02, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural Structural Behavior Standards And Design Codes News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- Australia, Southport
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A Melbourne consortium has laid plans for Australia’s tallest building after lodging a development application for a $400 million twin-tower project on the Gold Coast. The landmark development, com...
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Building collapse in Surjani Town, Pakistan: one fatality and ten injuries
- Aug, 17, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Standards And Design Codes Structural Design Concrete Structures Structural Stability News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Pakistan, Karachi
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
An under-construction building in Surjani Town, Pakistan, collapsed. One person died and ten others sustained injuries, two of them in critical condition. According to details, a ground plus four-...
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