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Warsaw: the EU’s tallest building completed
- Nov, 08, 2022
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Work has been completed on the exterior of the 310m-tall Varso Tower in Warsaw, the tallest building in the EU. The tower is designed by Foster + Partners and takes the crown from another of its crea...
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India’s Morbi bridge collapse
- Oct, 31, 2022
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- India, Morbi
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More than 50 children are among 135 people killed in Sunday’s bridge collapse in India’s Gujarat state, according to a list of victims published by state authorities on Wednesday. Investigators ar...
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Earn Credentials in Sustainable Waterfront Design
- Nov, 01, 2022
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You are invited to earn your WEDG Associate credential. An urban planner in Singapore, a chief sustainability officer in San Diego, port engineers in Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle, and real estate...
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Michigan: world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open
- Oct, 15, 2022
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- United States, Michigan
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The world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge is now open to sightseers in northern Michigan. For those willing to ride a chairlift to the mountain top and pay a fee of around $25, the bridge...
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Ηistoric downtown LaPorte building collapsed: investigators trying to determine the cause
- Oct, 27, 2022
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- United States, Indiana, South Bend
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Part of a three-story building more than a century old in downtown LaPorte collapsed Wednesday night. Fortunately, authorities said nobody was inside when about one-third of the front of the structur...
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6.4-magnitude earthquake in Philippines: at least 26 injuries
- Oct, 26, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena Other News
- Philippines
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At least 26 people were injured by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that rocked the northern Philippines, forcing the closure of an international airport, sending panicked residents into the streets and ca...
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North America's tallest timber building in Toronto, Canada
- Oct, 19, 2022
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- Canada, Toronto
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Icon Architects unveiled the design of a 90 meters tall timber tower in Toronto, Canada, which would become, once completed, North America's tallest building made of wood. Named the "191-199 College...
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Getting Started with STAAD
- Oct, 25, 2022
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Bentley has compiled a learning path to get started with STAAD and beat the learning curve. An outline of the learning path and other learning resources to help you on your STAAD implementation journ...
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Seismic isolation: engineers launch a new building system to protect houses in an earthquake
- Oct, 12, 2022
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- New Zealand, Christchurch
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A University of Canterbury team, led by Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Professor Tim Sullivan and postdoctoral fellow Tom Francis, tested a prototype of the system last year. The results w...
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Proposal for Oakland residential tower: it would be city’s tallest building
- Oct, 15, 2022
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- United States, California , Oakland
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Plans have been submitted for an East Bay housing high rise that, if built, will become Oakland's tallest building. The proposal for the development, named Town Tower, was submitted by real estate...
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