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A new, 110 milion euro, tunnel opened in Bulgaria
- Feb, 20, 2024
- Structural Design Concrete Structures Underground Structures Other Structural News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Bulgaria, Zheleznitsa
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On February 20th, 2024, Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency achieved a significant milestone with the opening of the Zheleznitsa tunnel. This new project marks a new era of transportation and conne...
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A novel material enables the assessment of concrete deterioration
- Feb, 20, 2024
- Bridge Management Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Structural Health Monitoring Concrete Structures Other Structural Non Destructive Testing News On Research / Academia Other News
- Brazil, São Paulo
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The University of São Paulo's Physics Institute (IF-USP) in Brazil, in collaboration with counterparts from the University of Leuven in Belgium and researchers from the University of Kiel in Germany,...
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Building collapse in Florence: 5 workers were killed and three were injured
- Feb, 16, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Beams Slabs Concrete Structures Other Structural Structural Failures News On Failures Other News
- Italy, Florence
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A building collapsed in Florence, Tuscany, on Friday 16th of February, at approximately 9 a.m. local time (0800 GMT), according to local authorities. The collapse caused the death of five workers and...
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Novel computing model can detect structural damage with no physical intervention
- Jan, 31, 2024
- Bridge Management Bridges Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Performance-Based Design Structural Health Monitoring Structural Analysis Other Structural Soft Computing Applications News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry News On Software Other News Concrete Structures
- United States, Pennsylvania
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Researchers from Drexel University in Pennsylvania have developed a system that is believed to efficiently identify and evaluate problematic areas by integrating a novel machine learning approach wit...
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New study by EEFIT shed light on the main reason that cost 50,000 lives due to Turkey -Syria earthquake
- Feb, 07, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Design Concrete Structures Other Structural News On Failures Other News
- Turkey
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
According to the study, conducted by the Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT), the main reason that cost 50,000 lives due to the Turkey -Syria earthquake on February 6, 2023, is be...
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Airport of Boise: 3 lost their lives and 9 injured due to hangar collapse
- Jan, 31, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Concrete Structures Steel Structures Other Structural News On Failures Other News
- United States, Idaho, Boise
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Three workers lost their lives, and nine others sustained injuries as a privately owned hangar being constructed at the airport of Boise, collapsed on Wednesday 31st of January at approximately 5p.m,...
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Concrete damage based on 4 crucial factors
- Feb, 01, 2024
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structural Design Concrete Structures Elasticity And Inelasticity Other Structural News On Products & Services Other News News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Concrete often sustains damage due to various factors, either environmental or mechanical. In the following lines, four significant damages and their respective causes are presented in detail with em...
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School building collapses in Bengaluru: 2 fatalities and 13 injuries
- Jan, 19, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Concrete Structures Load Factors Structural Stability Other Structural News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India, Bengaluru
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Two people lost their lives, and 13 others sustained injuries due to the collapse of an under-construction school building in Anekal taluk, Bengaluru. On Friday morning, when the incident occurred, 1...
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Reducing carbon emissions by at least 30% using sustainable concrete
- Jan, 12, 2024
- Sustainable Development Concrete Structures Structure Reinforcement Other Structural News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, New York, New York
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Several months ago, news emerged about the project called Populus, hailed as the "nation's first carbon-positive hotel." This 13-floor, 130,000-square-foot cement tower in New York City's Little Ital...
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The progress of Civil Engineering with the aid of Artificial Intelligence
- Dec, 16, 2023
- Structural Behavior Structural Analysis Performance-Based Design Concrete Structures Other Structural News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Artificial Intelligence (AI) finds widespread applications across various sectors. Even in the fundamental domain of civil engineering, there is a growing exploration of AI applications. The advantag...
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