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Serious cracks forced the closure of the Servia Bridge in northern Greece
- Mar, 21, 2023
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Structural Reliability Repair And Retrofit Of Structures News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Greece, Kozani
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Following major cracks in four tendons between the sixth and seventh piers, the Servia Bridge in Western Macedonia in northern Greece, has been closed to all vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tons. T...
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271 building collapse recorded in Nigeria the last 10 years
- Jan, 18, 2023
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- Nigeria
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
According to documents from the Building Collapse Prevention Guild, 271 buildings have collapsed in Nigeria over the past ten years. The highest number of fatalities due to building collapse is recor...
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The first 3-D-printed, two-story home is under construction in U.S.
- Jan, 12, 2023
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- United States, Texas
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 3D printer is taking home building to a new level. The enormous printer weighing more than 12 tons is creating what is believed to be the first 3D-printed, two-story home in the United States. The...
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Greece: a new $8 billion mega-city by the sea
- Nov, 19, 2022
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- Greece, Elliniko
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Athens will soon be home to a sustainable new mega-city billed as the largest urban regeneration project in European history. Located just 20 minutes from the ruins of the Acropolis on the site of th...
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The world’s first carbon concrete building constructed by researchers in Germany
- Nov, 10, 2022
- Concrete Structures Structure Reinforcement Composite Structures Thin Wall Structures Structural Stability Other Structural News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- Germany, Dresden
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The first building made of carbon-reinforced concrete was inaugurated in September after two and a half years of construction, is called the “Cube” and is located on the Dresden University of Technol...
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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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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: at least six fatalities in building collapse
- Aug, 21, 2022
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- Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
At least six people were killed in a building collapse Saturday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, according to a police source. The accident happened when a warehouse collapsed in the Mercat...
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Bridge in China cracks due to buckling under high temperatures
- Aug, 23, 2022
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- China, Quanzhou
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
In engineering, buckling is a failure mode characterized by a sudden failure of a structural member subjected to high compressive stresses, where the actual compressive stresses at failure are smalle...
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Cairo, Egypt: Building collapse, at least six fatalities
- Jun, 17, 2022
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- Egypt, Cairo
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A five-story building in Egypt’s capital Cairo collapsed in the early hours of Friday killing at least six people, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported. The incident also resulted in the partial colla...
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Iran building collapse: at least 11 fatalities
- May, 23, 2022
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- Iran
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Rescuers dug through debris of a collapsed building in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble. Meanwhile, authorities arres...
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