News
News
Saudi Arabia: the world’s tallest on-site 3D printed building completed
- Nov, 02, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structural Optimization Other Structural Sustainable Development News On Awards News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
North America may lead the development in terms of the amount of new 3D printed buildings. However, Europe and The Middle East are clearly leading the way in the use of 3D construction printing techn...
Read More
Indonesia earthquake: at least 271 fatalities, 40 missing - search for survivors from rescuers
- Nov, 20, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Seismic Effects Other Structural Standards And Design Codes News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/Phenomena Other News
- Indonesia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 5.6 magnitude quake struck a mountainous region in Indonesia on Monday, causing landslides that buried entire villages near the West Java town of Cianjur. The earthquake, which struck at a shallow...
Read More
Keller ranks #1 on on Excavation and Foundation firms for 2022 ENR
Engineering News Record (ENR) ranks Keller #1 Excavation and Foundation firm for 2022. This is Keller’s fourth year holding this top position. Before 2019, this position was held by Keller company Ha...
Read More
Greece: a new $8 billion mega-city by the sea
- Nov, 19, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structure Reinforcement Other Structural Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services News On Awards Other News
- Greece, Elliniko
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Athens will soon be home to a sustainable new mega-city billed as the largest urban regeneration project in European history. Located just 20 minutes from the ruins of the Acropolis on the site of th...
Read More
Unity Place Project: Winner of Bentley Systems Going Digital Awards on Structural Engineering
- Nov, 23, 2022
- Structural Design Structural Analysis News On Projects / Industry News On Software
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Although the Unity Place project was designed in 2018 and structured in 2020, joint efforts from everyone in the design and construction along with the aid of Bentley Systems technology allowed WSP t...
Read More
The first building in Toronto, Canada to exceed 100 storeys.
- Nov, 08, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structural Stability Other Structural News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- Canada, Toronto
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Toronto is in the midst of a historic skyscraper race, as two developments duke it out for the title of Canada's tallest building in a battle for the skies that evokes the colossal Depression-era New...
Read More
Lille, France: four-story building collapse, one fatality
- Nov, 12, 2022
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- France, Lille
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A building collapsed in the northern French city of Lille over the weekend. One person is confirmed to have died. French authorities have stated that an early warning by one resident prevented more c...
Read More
STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition V22 Update 12
- Nov, 18, 2022
- Structural Design Structural Analysis News On Software
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Bentley Systems just released STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition V22 which ads great new functionality to improve efficiency for engineers around the world and has resolved numerous issues that have been repo...
Read More
Building collapse due to fire in Iraq's capital: at least 32 injuries
- Nov, 07, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Stability Other Structural Blasting Effects News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Iraq, Baghdad
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A commercial building in the capital of Iraq caught fire and then collapsed on Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of I...
Read More
The world’s first carbon concrete building constructed by researchers in Germany
- Nov, 10, 2022
- Concrete Structures Structure Reinforcement Composite Structures Thin Wall Structures Structural Stability Other Structural News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- Germany, Dresden
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The first building made of carbon-reinforced concrete was inaugurated in September after two and a half years of construction, is called the “Cube” and is located on the Dresden University of Technol...
Read More