News
News
The Pencil Building: An impressive achievement in Chicago
Constructed on an abandoned site in Chicago, the 150 North Riverside or the so-called Pencil Building, is an engineering achievement. The 54-story building is located on the west bank of the C...
Read More
High-strength and ductile alloys developed in China
Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have developed an extremely strong but still ductile and flexible multicomponent alloys. The research focuses on high-entropy alloys (HEAs),...
Read More
India's new advanced rail-road bridge opened
India's longest rail-road bridge, that crosses the Brahmaputra River, was officially opened on December 25, 2018. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, launched the first train route from Tin...
Read More
Mario M. Cuomo bridge: Corruption investigation due to bolts failure
Steel bolts utilized in the new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, New York City, failed during construction phase, according to reports. The 5-km twin span cable-stayed bridge links Rockland County with Westc...
Read More
Opal Tower in Sydney evacuated: Fear of collapse
The 36-story Opal Tower, located in Sydney's Olympic Park, was evacuated on Christmas Eve after reports for severe cracking. More than 3,000 people living in or near the facility had to abandon the...
Read More
Apartment building collapse in Russia: 39 people dead
An apartment building in the city of Magnitogorsk, located 1400 km southeast of Moscow, partially collapsed causing 39 fatalities. The failure of the 10-story building occurred on New Year's E...
Read More
Internal collapse of 5-story building in Manhattan
An uninhabited 5-story building internally collapsed on December 21, 2018. The building is located in Lower Manhattan, New York. The roof of the structure fell apart causing the floors beneath to c...
Read More
Asphalt made of used tires
A German company utilizes used tires to produce high quality asphalt. Evonik is implementing an alternative method for durable roads. The team of experts manipulates a chemical additive to pro...
Read More
High wooden buildings approved in Washington
Washington has become the first state to allow the construction of high (up to 18 stories) wooden buildings. The new code alterations were recently approved by the Washington State Building Code Co...
Read More
Bridge collapse near Hurley: OSHA investigation
On November 21, 2018, a bridge collapse near Hurley, Wisconsin, resulted in injuring 3 workers. The cause of the collapse was a support bar failure at the time that the workers were pouring co...
Read More