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Internal collapse of 5-story building in Manhattan
An uninhabited 5-story building internally collapsed on December 21, 2018. The building is located in Lower Manhattan, New York. The roof of the structure fell apart causing the floors beneath to c...
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Bridge collapse near Hurley: OSHA investigation
On November 21, 2018, a bridge collapse near Hurley, Wisconsin, resulted in injuring 3 workers. The cause of the collapse was a support bar failure at the time that the workers were pouring co...
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Design faults that caused bridge collapse in Miami
A pedestrian section of the 53-meter FIU Sweetwater University City bridge collapsed in Miami killing six and injuring 9 people on March 15, 2018. According to Federal investigators report, the str...
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Partial collapse of road bridge in Kavala city, Greece
A road bridge located in the city of Kavala, north Greece, partially collapsed on November 9, 2018. A 15m. length section of the bridge, that was part of a main road network in Kavala, suddenly cru...
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Two buildings collapse in France: Fear for 8 people dead
- Nov, 16, 2018
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Rue d'aubagne, Marseille, France
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Two buildings collapsed in the city of Marseille in France on Monday November 5, 2018. The constructions gave away at about 9 a.m. on Rue (street) d'Aubagne. According to a report from the Interior...
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Amazon building partially collapses: 2 people dead
A building of Amazon Fulfillment Center partially collapsed killing 2 people. The facility is located in southeast Baltimore. The incident was reported on Friday 2 of October, 2018. Accordin...
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Bridge collapse in Malaysia: One construction worker killed
A bridge, that was still under construction, suddenly collapsed in Jalan Pengerang, Kota Tinggi, Malaysia causing the death of a Bangladeshi construction worker. The tragic incident occurred on 28...
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3-story illegal building collapse in Mexico
A 3-story building that was under construction collapsed killing 7 and injuring 14 people in Monterrey, Nuevo León of Mexico. The construction, that was designed to house a shopping mall...
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Structural failure causes partial collapse of Port Hope Harbour wall
According to municipal staff, a 100-meter part of the Port Hope Harbour (located in Ontario, Canada) wall collapsed due to a structural failure. The staff explains that the decay of the wall'...
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Bridge collapse in Kolkata, India: People trapped
A part of Majerhat bridge in south Kolkata collapsed resulting in one fatality and trapping several people. The bridge is located in the Alipore area which is very crowded. Constructed 40 years ago...
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