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Roof collapse at Curragh Coal Mine leaves one worker missing

One man is in hospital and another remains missing after an industrial incident at the Curragh Coal Mine in Central Queensland. Police were called to the site, near Blackwater, at about 3pm. A Queens...

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Building collapse in Egypt: at least 8 fatalities

The death toll from the collapse of a five-story apartment building in Egypt’s Giza Province, south of Cairo, has climbed to eight, according to a report published Thursday by the state-run Ahram Onl...

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Fifth Laos–Thailand Friendship Bridge inaugurated

The fifth Laos–Thailand Friendship Bridge across the Mekong River was officially opened on Thursday, marking a major milestone in improving transport links and boosting trade across the Mekong sub-re...

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6.5-Magnitude earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea, no immediate damage reported

A powerful earthquake measuring around 6.5 on the Richter scale hit parts of Papua New Guinea on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor struck at 10:31 GMT near Goroka, the capit...

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Demolition begins after building collae forces road closure in Bradford City Centre

Demolition work has started in Bradford city center, a week after part of a building collapsed onto a busy road. The incident happened last Monday when masonry began falling from an empty Yorkshire s...

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STAAD.Pro 2025: New Release 25.00.01

Bentley Systems released details of the significant changes introduced into STAAD.Pro in this release. It is recommended that all users read this and are informed of these significant changes. Note t...

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Encinal High School Stadium ground improvement solution to address seismicity concerns

Keller collaborated with the geotechnical engineer to design a ground improvement solution that addressed seismicity concerns, as required by the California Geological Survey (CGS). As part of a lar...

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Ground improvement at the city of Hamilton bus maintenance and storage facility

After discovering differing ground conditions, Keller provided an alternative design for the new bus maintenance and storage facility at the City of Manilton. The City of Hamilton constructed a new b...

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Dewatering and earth retention solutions at Atlantic Park Surf

Keller provides dewatering and earth retention solutions at a new wave park, located just two blocks from where the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay converge. A 2.67-acre surf lagoon joins the beac...

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Deep foundations and excavation support for the Parcel 12 project

Keller provides deep foundations and excavation support for the first air rights development project over the Massachusetts Turnpike since the 1980s. The project, Parcel 12, earned the 2025 DFI Outst...

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Suspension bridge collapses in seconds during flood in central Vietnam

A decades-old suspension bridge spanning the Đa Nhim River in Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam, was carried away by torrential floodwaters in a matter of seconds, local authorities confirmed. The bridge,...

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Example: longitudinal reinforcement for shear and torsion according to EC2

Given: For the rectangular section of Figure 1 calculate the longitudinal reinforcement for shear and torsion. The section considered has depth 1500mm, width 1000mm, d = 1450mm. The vertical membe...

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Calculation of the second moments of area

The problem: Determine the second moments of area, Ixx and Iyy, for the sections indicated in Figures 2a to 2e. Tip: It is given that the total height and the area of the 457 x 152 x 52 UB...

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Calculation of the cross-sectional area and the position of centroid

The problem: Determine the cross-sectional area and the position of the centroid for the sections shown in Figures 1a to 1e. Please consider that the origin of the coordinate system is located...

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Overhanging beam: shear force and bending moment calculation

Calculate the shear force and bending moment values due to the imposed loading on the overhanging beam of Figure 1.  Figure 1: The overhanging beam considered. The free-body-diagram is shown in F...

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Time History Analysis: process and advantages

In the field of structural engineering and design, the examination of dynamic loads is significant and cannot be underestimated. Time history analysis stands out as a crucial approach to studying...

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Bending stress in a beam element

Given: A simply supported beam of length L=5m is given in Figure 1a. The beam is subjected to uniform distributed load equal to 3.2kN/m. If the beam has a rectangular cross-section, as shown in...

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Method of sections

Please determine the forces in the members BC, GC and GF of the pin-jointed plane truss shown in Figure 1 using the method of sections. Given: Figure 1: The pin-jointed plane truss considered. So...

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Structural Engineering Solved Problems

Structural Engineering Solved Problems contains 100 practice problems representing a broad range of topics on the Structural Engineering (SE) and Civil PE exams. Each problem provides an opportunity t...

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Structural Depth Reference Manual for the Civil PE Exam, Fourth Edition

The Structural Depth Reference Manual prepares you for the structural depth section of the Civil PE exam. It provides a concise, yet comprehensive review of the structural depth section exam topics an...

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Structural Depth Practice Exams for the Civil PE Exam

Structural Depth Practice Exams contains two 40-problem, multiple-choice exams consistent with the NCEES Civil PE structural depth exam's format and specifications. Like the actual exam, the problems...