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Jacksonville: Bridge collapse during Fourth of July celebrations

On Friday, July 4, during Fourth of July celebrations in Fernandina Beach near Jacksonville, a gangway bridge at the city marina collapsed, resulting in minor injuries and momentary panic among atten...

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Pakistan: Multi-storey building collapse results in at least 27 fatalities

On Friday, July 4, a multi-storey building collapsed in Karachi’s impoverished Lyari neighborhood, Pakistan. The five-storey structure's collapse resulted in at least 27 deaths, while nine others wer...

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Engineers Test Tallest Steel-Framed Building on Earthquake Simulator

A 10-story cold-formed steel (CFS) structure—the tallest of its kind ever tested—underwent earthquake simulation tests at UC San Diego’s outdoor Shake Table. The goal was to assess the seismic perfor...

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Canada: A new supertall tower reaches its final height

A new milestone has been reached in Canada’s skyline. After years of delays and setbacks, the 85-storey tower at One Bloor West has topped out at 309 meters, officially becoming the tallest building...

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China: Bridge collapse due to heavy rainfall

On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at approximately 7:40 AM local time, the Grand Bridge collapsed following a landslide caused by heavy rainfall in Sandu County, Rongjiang area, Guizhou Province, southwest...

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Drilled Shafts Project on Gilbert Road Bridge

In response to significant flooding events and working under an accelerated construction schedule in record-high temperatures, Keller constructs some of the largest drilled shafts in Arizona. Diverte...

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ADINA 2025 New Release!

Bentley Systems announced a new major release of ADINA. For a complete list of changes see ADINA 2025 Release Notes. Bentley Structural WorkSuite users may now run ADINA. The ADINA SWS mode include...

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ADINA 2025 for Structural WorkSuite

The Structural WorkSuite provides access to the RAM and STAAD structural analysis products and now also includes ADINA. To read more about Structural WorkSuite, or to purchase a license, visit the St...

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New Release - STAAD.Pro 2024 - 2

As part of our commitment to you to deliver new builds more frequently, this version which adds great new functionality to improve efficiency for engineers around the world and has resolved numerous...

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Keller employees receive ADSC President’s Award

Project Executive John Grillo started at Keller (then Hayward Baker) in 2011 as a project manager in New York and has over 20 years of experience as a geotechnical engineer and specialty contractor....

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Concrete Buildings as Rechargeable Batteries

The energy that comes from the wind and the sun as a renewable source has become a growing necessity. As a result, new ideas about rechargeable batteries have gained ground to capture these intermitt...

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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...