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Construction on Dnipro, Ukraine, Metro Stations is begun
- Feb, 02, 2022
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- Ukraine, Dnipro
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Following excavation and engineering works on Dnipro’s metro line in 2016, Zaha Hadid Architects has begun construction on three new metro stations. The Teatralna, Tsentalna, and Muzeina stations, al...
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Rinsdorf bridge was blasted by German engineers - a new record is marked
- Feb, 06, 2022
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- Germany
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The Rinsdorf viaduct on Germany's A45 autobahn near Wilnsdorf in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia was destroyed by demolition crews who used around 120 kilograms (265 pounds) of explosives on Sund...
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6-story Bronx building’s partial collapse: façade falls of raining down bricks
- Feb, 02, 2022
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- United States, New York
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Part of the facade of a vacant six-story Bronx building under construction collapsed on Tuesday. The partial collapse sent bricks falling onto an awning and the sidewalk below. No injuries were repor...
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India: 5 fatalities, several injuries as building collapses in Pune
- Feb, 04, 2022
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- India, Pune
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Five people were killed and several others were injured when an under-construction building in Pune, India collapsed late on Thursday night, police officials said. The authorities launched a probe to...
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Melbourne: the first 3D-printed house in southern hemisphere
- Jan, 18, 2022
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- Australia, Melbourne
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The first ever 3D-printed house in the southern hemisphere has been built in a Melbourne manufacturing warehouse in just three days. The structure's elements were printed in the first two days and as...
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Earthquake hit Tonga’s coast, days after volcanic eruption and tsunami
- Jan, 27, 2022
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- Tonga
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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has been recorded off the coast of Tonga almost two weeks after the Pacific kingdom was devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami. The epicentre was located 219km (13...
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Earthquakes hit southern Haiti: at least two fatalities and dozens injured
- Jan, 24, 2022
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- Haiti
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A 5.3-magnitude earthquake and a series of smaller tremors have struck southwest Haiti, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and sending panicked residents into the streets. Hundreds of homes...
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Maryland partial building collapse: 3 firefighters dead, 1 in serious condition
- Jan, 24, 2022
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- United States, Maryland
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Three firefighters died and one was in serious condition when a building partially collapsed in Baltimore on Monday, Fire Chief Niles Ford said at a news conference. The firefighters responded to a...
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Southern Japan 6.6 magnitude earthquake: 13 injuries, no tsunami warning
- Jan, 22, 2022
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- Japan, Oita
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit southwestern Japan early on Saturday (January 22) morning, injuring 13 people, the authorities and local media said. Roads, buildings and water pipes were da...
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Bennerley Viaduct reopens to public after five decades and £1.7m repairs
- Jan, 14, 2022
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- United Kingdom, Nottingham
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Bennerley Viaduct, a Victorian railway bridge which runs between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, has been in disrepair since 1968, and was the only UK structure on the 2020 World Monuments Watch list...
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