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Bridge collapse in Pakistan due to flood
- May, 10, 2022
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- Pakistan
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A bridge in northern Pakistan collapsed at the weekend after a glacial lake outburst caused by a recent heatwave released huge amounts of water into the stream and surrounding areas, local media repo...
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Sensors installed in Ottawa area to warn people of earthquakes
- May, 08, 2022
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- Canada, Ottawa
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Ottawa residents will one day receive a three- to 10-second advance warning of an earthquake before the ground starts shaking. Natural Resources Canada has been installing seismic sensors in the cap...
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Cracks in concrete: A new way to discover a reaction that causes them
- May, 05, 2022
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- United States, Illinois, Lemont
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Bridges, dams, nuclear plants and other concrete structures are built to stand for decades, but they are not indestructible. One phenomenon that shortens the life of concrete buildings and structur...
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Building collapse in China: at least 26 fatalities
- May, 05, 2022
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Chinese authorities raised the number of people confirmed dead in a building collapse on Thursday to 26, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in and emergen...
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Keller acquires GKM
- May, 04, 2022
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- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Acquisition of GKM Consultants further strengthens Keller’s geotechnical monitoring expertise and solutions. Keller North America (Keller) announces the acquisition of GKM Consultants Inc., an instr...
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330-meter-tall new skyscraper in Tokyo
- Apr, 21, 2022
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- Japan
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The framework of a building, set to become the tallest in Japan, was completed on April 21 when a crane hoisted a steel frame from the ground to place it at the top. It took about three minutes for t...
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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocks southern Bosnia: one killed, several injured, significant damage
- Apr, 23, 2022
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has rocked southern Bosnia with media reports saying at least one person had been killed and several injured. The earthquake struck late on Friday, at an epicentral dista...
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Magnitude-5.4 earthquake hits Japan's Ibaraki, Fukushima: no tsunami warning
- Apr, 19, 2022
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- Japan, Fukushima
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 struck Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures as well as other parts of Japan on Tuesday morning, but no damage has been reported so far, the government said. The 8...
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Ladakh bridge collapse due to wind loading: four workers found dead, injured shifted to hospital
- Apr, 10, 2022
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- Ladakh
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Four workers were found dead under the debris of an under-construction bridge which collapsed in Nubra sub-division of Ladakh, officials said on Sunday. A section of the under-construction Shatse T...
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First ‘supertall’ tower in Austin – perhaps the tallest building in Texas
- Apr, 04, 2022
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- United States, Texas, Austin
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Plans are underway for what would be the first “supertall” building in Austin and perhaps the tallest building in Texas. In a recent LinkedIn post, Augustine Verrengia, civil market leader at civil...
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