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Safety improvements are required for thousands of aging bridges in Japan

Approximately 32% of Japan's 41,395 aging bridges are identified to require safety improvements. However, these crucial measures remain pending, according to government data. The Ministry of Land, In...

The history of the Phillips Street Bridge: it was completed in 1904 and was collapsed in 1935 and 1963

Several construction projects were completed in Rhinelander this year. One of these projects involved the repair of a water main located behind the Rhinelander Paper Mill, that led to the temporary c...

AI and virtual reality to monitor the structural safety of buildings and bridges

The structural health and safety of a nation's bridges and buildings is crucial for preventing disasters like the Surfside condominium collapse in 2021. To improve the structural health monitoring of...

Greece’s Minister of Culture promises to restore earthquake-damaged monuments in Kos island by 2025

The Ministry of Culture is intensifying efforts to restore the monuments of Kos island that were affected by the 2017 earthquake. Greece’s Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, announced that the necess...

A landmark bridge in Grimsby, expected to reopen in December, will remain closed due to extensive deterioration

A £5 million restoration project on the Corporation Road Bridge, mainly concerning a landmark bridge, began in February and was scheduled for completion by December. However, during the grit-blasting...

Maintenance and repair of aging buildings at North Carolina universities require a budget of $6.4 billion

WRAL Investigates acquired a report showing that the cost of renovating all buildings within the UNC System and bringing them up to acceptable standards would be nearly $6.4 billion. This 2021 report...

Digital twins of buildings can contribute to the reduction of environmental carbon emissions

Buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A recent white paper, entitled "Decarbonizing the Built World: A Call to Action," argues that digital...

Serious cracks forced the closure of the Servia Bridge in northern Greece

Following major cracks in four tendons between the sixth and seventh piers, the Servia Bridge in Western Macedonia in northern Greece, has been closed to all vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tons. T...

The Notre Dame cathedral fire revealed a long-hidden secret for the famous Parisian monument

Notre-Dame was the first Gothic cathedral whose construction made extensive use of iron staples. This was a long-kept secret about the famous Parisian landmark before it was engulfed by fire four yea...

5.7-magnitude earthquake hits northwestern Iran: at least 490 injuries

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck northwestern Iran on Wednesday, and medical authorities in the area reported that at least 490 people had been injured. The quake's epicentre was close to the town...

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