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ATX Tower, Austin: Pioneering Performance-Based Wind Design in High-Rise Construction
- Jun, 18, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Load Factors Performance-Based Design Structural Optimization Wind Tunnel Wind Engineering Other Structural Standards And Design Codes News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Texas, Austin
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The University of Texas at Austin designed the ATX Tower, the first high-rise to incorporate the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design (PBWD). Curre...
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San Francisco: New regulations for retrofitting concrete buildings are underway
- Jun, 14, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Structure Reinforcement Concrete Structures Other Structural News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, California , San Francisco
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San Francisco city officials are actively engaged in retrofitting concrete buildings susceptible to collapse during seismic events according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) projections...
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Wohler Road Bridge to receive $18 million for seismic retrofit
- May, 21, 2024
- Bridge Design Bridges Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Structure Reinforcement Decks Concrete Structures Steel Structures Foundations Connections And Joints Structural Behavior Other Structural Repair And Retrofit Of Structures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, California , Santa Rosa
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The restoration of the historic Wohler Road Bridge spanning the Russian River, situated approximately 16km northwest of Santa Rosa, has been approved by the Board of Supervisors and the construction...
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A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the border between Mexico and Guatemala: no injuries reported
- May, 12, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Other Structural Other News Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Mexico, Suchiate
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude shook the border region between Mexico and Guatemala early on Sunday 12th of May. The quake struck shortly before 6a.m. near the Mexican border town of Suchiate and its...
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Jakarta: 6.2 magnitude earthquake caused injuries and infrastructure damage
- Apr, 28, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural News On Failures Other News
- Indonesia, Jakarta
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A 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred at 11:29 p.m. local time on Saturday 28th of April. The quake's epicenter was approximately 156km southwest of Garut, West Java, at a depth of 70km. The earthquake...
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Indonesia: 6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the eastern region
- Apr, 09, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Other Structural News On Natural Disasters/phenomena Other News
- Indonesia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Tuesday 9th of April at 09.48 GMT, Indonesia's eastern region experienced a 6.6 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter was near Halmahera Island in North Maluku province, at a depth of approximately...
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7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan: it was the most potent incident in a quarter-century
- Apr, 03, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural News On Natural Disasters/phenomena Other News
- Taiwan
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Wednesday 3rd of April in Taiwan took place the island's most intense earthquake over the last 25 years. This seismic event, measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale, struck the east coast of the island...
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Greece: a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit the western Peloponnese region
- Mar, 29, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Other Structural News On Natural Disasters/phenomena
- Greece, Peloponnese
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Friday 29th of March morning, the western Peloponnese region in southern Greece experienced a 5.7 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter of the quake was close to the Strofades islands while it was f...
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Indonesia: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook the coast of East Java
- Mar, 23, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Damage (Structural) Other Structural News On Natural Disasters/phenomena Other News
- Indonesia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On the 23rd of March 2024 at 11:22 a.m. local time in Jakarta, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of East Java province in Indonesia. According to the country’s meteorology, climatology,...
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Balkan: a 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit the border area between Montenegro and Bosnia
- Mar, 14, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Structural Failures Other Structural News On Natural Disasters/phenomena
- Montenegro
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit on Thursday 14th of March 2024 the border area between Montenegro and Bosnia. Its epicenter was 30km from the town of Niksic (western Montenegro) and about 25km from th...
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