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A 92-metre-long rail bridge is set to be installed in Stechford
- May, 06, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Steel Structures Concrete Structures News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Once installed in Stechford, it will become the longest single-span railway structure in the West Midlands allowing HS2 to access its new depot. A 92-metre-long (100yd) rail bridge is set to be dri...
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Cracks in concrete: A new way to discover a reaction that causes them
- May, 05, 2022
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- United States, Illinois, Lemont
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Bridges, dams, nuclear plants and other concrete structures are built to stand for decades, but they are not indestructible. One phenomenon that shortens the life of concrete buildings and structur...
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Building collapse in China: at least 26 fatalities
- May, 05, 2022
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Chinese authorities raised the number of people confirmed dead in a building collapse on Thursday to 26, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in and emergen...
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Earthquake in BiH: seven hundred damages were reported
- Apr, 30, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/phenomena Other News
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
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So far, 320 reports of damage to residential buildings caused by the recent earthquake that hit Herzegovina have been received in the Stolac area, it was confirmed on Saturday from the Herzegovina Ne...
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The first earthquake risk model for the whole of Europe shows the cities and regions most threatened by disaster
- Apr, 28, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Structural Design Standards And Design Codes News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters/phenomena Other News
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Scientists have created the first earthquake risk model for Europe which will form the basis for mitigation measures and will make communities more resilient to the impact of natural disasters. Ear...
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330-meter-tall new skyscraper in Tokyo
- Apr, 21, 2022
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- Japan
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The framework of a building, set to become the tallest in Japan, was completed on April 21 when a crane hoisted a steel frame from the ground to place it at the top. It took about three minutes for t...
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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocks southern Bosnia: one killed, several injured, significant damage
- Apr, 23, 2022
- Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Earthquake Engineering Structural Behavior Structural Stability Other Structural News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/phenomena Other News
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has rocked southern Bosnia with media reports saying at least one person had been killed and several injured. The earthquake struck late on Friday, at an epicentral dista...
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Magnitude-5.4 earthquake hits Japan's Ibaraki, Fukushima: no tsunami warning
- Apr, 19, 2022
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- Japan, Fukushima
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 struck Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures as well as other parts of Japan on Tuesday morning, but no damage has been reported so far, the government said. The 8...
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High rise buildings: New structural safety guidelines in Haryana
- Apr, 16, 2022
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- India
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The department of town and country planning (DTCP) on Saturday released a new draft of structural safety guidelines to ensure that the design and structure of the material used in high-rise buildings...
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Partial Building Collapse on Chicago's West Side: 1 Dead, 2 Injured
- Apr, 12, 2022
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- United States, Illinois, Chicago
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Chicago building officials are removing unstable parts of a Garfield Park home after a man died and two men were seriously injured when part of the home collapsed onto its front porch Tuesday. Chopp...
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