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Philadelphia apartment complex facade collapses
- Oct, 06, 2024
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- United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Part of the facade of a building, located in Philadelphia's Francisville neighborhood, collapsed on Sunday October 6, 2024. The collapse had as a result debris onto the street and damaged cars. The...
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Europe's 'longest bridge' which cost £746.5m to build
- Oct, 06, 2024
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- Portugal, Lisbon
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The Vasco da Gama Bridge, located in Lisbon, Portugal, is the longest bridge in Europe. Its length is equal to 17,185 meters. The bridge completed in 1995, and it was built to facilitate vehicle traf...
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Works on the world’s tallest skyscraper has resumed after a multi-year pause
- Oct, 03, 2024
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- Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
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Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower is set to become the world’s tallest skyscraper. Its construction has resumed nearly seven years after work was resumed during a nationwide anti-corruption crackdown. At a...
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Classroom damage in Catanduanes town due to a 6.1-magnitude earthquake
- Oct, 02, 2024
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- Philippines
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The Department of Education (DepEd) in Bicol has reported damage to a school in Catanduanes following a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Bagamanoc town on Wednesday. The earthquake's epicenter wa...
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Structural Engineering News Recap of September 2024
- Oct, 02, 2024
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You can now find TheStructuralEngineer.info's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting structural engineering news of September 2024. Namely, these...
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Buildings collapse in Nepal due to landslide (video)
- Oct, 02, 2024
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Around 200 people have lost their lives, and widespread devastation has occurred in Nepal due to flooding and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains. Moreover, more than 100 people were injured, ac...
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MIT researchers developed glass bricks with the same strength as concrete blocks
- Sep, 23, 2024
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- United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
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Novel research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) demonstrates that 3D-printed glass bricks can be structurally sound, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional bricks and r...
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Florida: Hurricane Helen flashed away Kisner Bridge
- Sep, 28, 2024
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- United States, Florida
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Saturday, September 28, around 1:55 p.m. local time, the Kisner Bridge, located at Highway 107 in the town of Afton gave way and fell into the Nolichucky River after extreme flooding, due to categ...
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Sierra Leone: A seven-storey building collapsed - at least 15 fatalities
- Sep, 16, 2024
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- Sierra Leone
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Last week, on Monday 16th of September around 11:00 a.m. local time a seven-storey building in Freetown, Sierra Leone collapsed claiming at least 15 lives. Three children under the age of five were a...
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Hualien, Taiwan: A 5.3 earthquake struck last Saturday
- Sep, 21, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Seismic Effects Other Structural News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Taiwan, Hualien
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Last Saturday on September 21, around 6:51 p.m. local time, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit Hualien county’s east coast in Taiwan. According to officials the epicenter of the earthquake was at Xiulin,...
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