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Amman, Jordan: a 4-storey building collapses - at least five fatalities
- Sep, 13, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural Concrete Structures News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Jordan, Amman
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A four-storey residential building in Jordan’s capital, Amman, has collapsed, killing five people, and wounding 14 others, officials said. The toll from the collapse in the city’s Jabal al-Weibdeh d...
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Taiwan earthquake: bridge collapsed and several buildings damaged
- Sep, 18, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural Bridges Structural Behavior News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena Other News
- Taiwan
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Drone footage shows a collapsed bridge damaged in a 6.8 earthquake that hit southeastern Taiwan on 18 September 2022. Taiwan's weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung County and followed a...
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South Shore Water Reclamation Facility Excavation Support Project
- Sep, 26, 2022
- Foundations Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Wisconsin, Oak Creek
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The South Shore Water Reclamation Facility on the coast of Long Island, New York, is undergoing a major upgrade to redirect treated effluent away from the Western Bays – where nitrogen-rich effluent...
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Structural Engineering Finalists in the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
- Sep, 20, 2022
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The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. Eleven independent jury panels se...
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Taiwan: 6.9-magnitude earthquake, buildings collapse
- Sep, 18, 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
- Taiwan
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, causing buildings to collapse and triggering tsunami warnings. The quake hit the Chishang township in rural southeastern Taiwan and had a...
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Building walls with demolition waste - the poetry of Cyclopean concrete
- Sep, 16, 2022
- Concrete Structures Sustainable Development Structure Reinforcement Structural Behavior News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News Walls Thin Wall Structures
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Ancient cyclopean walls were built by overlapping raw stones, supported one on the other, without the use of mortar. The name derives from the Cyclops, the giants of Greek mythology, as their constru...
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Bentley Systems to Host iTwin Developer Conference, Building Software for a Better World, Sept. 20
This virtual conference brings together the growing community of developers who are building digital twin applications for the design, construction, and operation of the world’s infrastructure. With...
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A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea: at least five fatalities
- Sep, 11, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Damage (Structural) Other Structural News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena Other News
- Papua New Guinea
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least five people. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at a dept...
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Congo: Bridge collapses during ribbon-cutting ceremony
- Sep, 07, 2022
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Failures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Republic of the Congo
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Sharply-suited dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge in the Congolese capital on Monday only for the structure to collapse beneath their feet to the barely concealed delight of onlookers, v...
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Southwest China: 6.8-magnitude earthquake leaves at least 46 dead
- Sep, 05, 2022
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- China, Mianyang
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A 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are a...
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