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Airport of Boise: 3 lost their lives and 9 injured due to hangar collapse
- Jan, 31, 2024
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- United States, Idaho, Boise
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Three workers lost their lives, and nine others sustained injuries as a privately owned hangar being constructed at the airport of Boise, collapsed on Wednesday 31st of January at approximately 5p.m,...
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A 200-year-old Congregational Church collapsed on Thursday 25th in New London
- Jan, 25, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural News On Failures Other News Masonry Structures
- United States, Connecticut, New London
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The First Congregational Church located on Union Street in New London collapsed on Thursday 25th of January at 1:30 pm. According to Pastor Bob from Engaging Heaven Church, one person was in the buil...
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Concrete damage based on 4 crucial factors
- Feb, 01, 2024
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structural Design Concrete Structures Elasticity And Inelasticity Other Structural News On Products & Services Other News News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Concrete often sustains damage due to various factors, either environmental or mechanical. In the following lines, four significant damages and their respective causes are presented in detail with em...
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Building partially collapsed due to wind loading
- Jan, 21, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Load Factors Damage (Structural) Wind Engineering Other Structural News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Emergency responders were called to Welch Way in Witney on the evening of January 21 after the partial collapse of a building. No injuries were reported in the incident. It should be mentioned that,...
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A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia: no damage or fatalities up to this time
- Jan, 25, 2024
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- Indonesia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Flores Sea of Indonisia at approximately 20:24 on January 25th. Despite the magnitude of the earthquake there are no reports of damage or fatalities. The ev...
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A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck along the border of China and Kyrgyzstan: at least three fatalities
- Jan, 23, 2024
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- China
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck along the border of China and Kyrgyzstan. The earthquake occurred at 2:09 a.m. (1809 GMT) at a depth of 22km and the epicentre was at the mountainous border region o...
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A five-storey building collapsed near a Shimla village: a video captured the moment
- Jan, 20, 2024
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- India
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A five-story building collapsed in the Shimla region of Himachal Pradesh, and more specifically in Ghandal village, Dhami area. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, as residents had been evacuated...
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School building collapses in Bengaluru: 2 fatalities and 13 injuries
- Jan, 19, 2024
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- India, Bengaluru
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Two people lost their lives, and 13 others sustained injuries due to the collapse of an under-construction school building in Anekal taluk, Bengaluru. On Friday morning, when the incident occurred, 1...
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Lessons from building collapse in Wangcheng district, Changsha city (April 2022)
- Jan, 12, 2024
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- China, Changsha
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A building collapsed in Wangcheng district, Changsha city, Hunan province, in April 2022, resulting in the tragic loss of 54 lives. A recent report that investigates the structural collapse underscor...
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At least 36 fatalities in Colombia due to landslides
- Jan, 12, 2024
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- Colombia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A landslide, triggered by intense rainfall, occurred in northwest Colombia claiming the lives of at least 36 people and causing injuries to numerous others. The tragic event happened on Friday aftern...
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