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Building collapse in Cairo: at least 8 fatalities
- Dec, 10, 2024
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- Egypt, Cairo
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On Tuesday, December 10, an apartment building collapsed in Egypt's capital, Cairo, resulting in the deaths of at least eight people, according to authorities. The Health Ministry reported that three...
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Railway construction site collapsed: at least 13 workers remain missing
- Dec, 04, 2024
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- China, Jiangmen
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On Wednesday, December 4, around 11 p.m. local time, a railway construction site in southern China collapsed, leaving 13 workers missing after the ground suddenly gave way. Authorities announced that...
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Wall Collapsed in North-Eastern Perth: One Fatality and One Severely Injured
- Dec, 05, 2024
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- Australia, Perth
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A tragic event occurred in north-eastern Perth at a construction site in the Inglewood suburb, where a man lost his life after a wall collapse. Another individual sustained severe injuries and was tr...
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Bridge, built for 5-ton capacity, collapsed when loaded with 30-ton truck
- Nov, 13, 2024
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- Vietnam
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A bridge in An Giang Province’s Mekong Delta, designed to support a maximum load of five tons, collapsed on Wednesday, November 13, after a heavily overloaded truck attempted to cross it. The inciden...
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: 13 fatalities due to building collapse
- Nov, 16, 2024
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- Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Saturday, November 16, 2024, at approximately 9:00 a.m. local time, a four-storey building collapsed in the Kariakoo market area of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s commercial hub. The incident resulted...
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Two fatalities due to massive explosion in commercial facility in Louisville
- Nov, 13, 2024
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- United States, Kentucky, Louisville
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On Tuesday, November 12, around 3 p.m. local time, an enormous explosion occurred at the Givaudan Sense Colour plant, a commercial facility located in Louisville, Kentucky. The blast resulted in the...
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India: A three-storey building (under renovation) collapsed
- Nov, 08, 2024
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- India, Bangarapet
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On Friday, November 8, a three-storey building near Dandu Road in Bangarapet, Kolar district, Karnataka, collapsed. The building, and specifically its ground floor, was under renovation. According to...
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Sri Lanka: Five buildings located in the same road collapsed
- Oct, 30, 2024
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- Sri Lanka
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On October 30, multiple buildings collapsed at the same time at Galle Road, which is located in Panadura, Sri Lanka. Specifically, five two-storey buildings in total collapsed after work on the drain...
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Structural Engineering News Recap of October 2024
- Nov, 05, 2024
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You can now find TheStructuralEngineer.info's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting structural engineering news of October 2024. Namely, these w...
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Building collapse in SW Nigeria: at least 11 fatalities and several injured
- Oct, 31, 2024
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- Nigeria, Ibadan
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Thursday, October 31, around 2 a.m., in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Nigeria a building collapsed resulting in the death of eleven people. Seven others were severely injured and transferred to t...
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