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The tallest building in Surrey history is getting closer to being approved
- Jan, 18, 2023
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- Canada, Surrey
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
After a public hearing on Monday, Surrey city council gave the go-ahead for the 67-story tower project, which would be the highest structure in Surrey, British Columbia. The venture was approved by a...
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271 building collapse recorded in Nigeria the last 10 years
- Jan, 18, 2023
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- Nigeria
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
According to documents from the Building Collapse Prevention Guild, 271 buildings have collapsed in Nigeria over the past ten years. The highest number of fatalities due to building collapse is recor...
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The five tallest skyscrapers to be completed in 2023
- Dec, 21, 2022
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The moment where we look ahead to the tallest skyscrapers set to complete in 2023 has arrived! Comparing this list to last year's, there are some notable differences. China has dominated the skies fo...
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Five-storey building collapse in Egypt: at least six fatalities
- Jan, 08, 2023
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- Egypt, Cairo
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Building collapses are common in Egypt, where shoddy construction and a lack of maintenance are widespread in shantytowns, poor city neighborhoods and rural areas. At least six people were killed...
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The five longest bridges in India
- Dec, 08, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Structural Design Structural Systems Standards And Design Codes Other Structural News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services News On Awards Other News
- India
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The bridges of India are more-than-welcome steel-and-iron giants, reaching far and wide while overcoming natural barriers of waterbodies, marshy areas, and rocky terrain, as well as manmade blocks of...
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The world's longest suspended bridge may soon link the island of Sicily in Italy with the mainland
- Dec, 02, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Other Structural Standards And Design Codes News On Awards News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- Italy
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The idea of building a bridge between the island of Sicily with the mainland is not new for the Italian planners. However, the decades-long planning process for the massive engineering project was ab...
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Washington, D.C.: First mass timber commercial office building opens
- Nov, 11, 2022
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The office building at 80 M Street SE in Washington, D.C., might not stand out if you walked past it. It sits comfortably between several other office buildings, all sporting the same modern exterior...
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The future of steel production and steel structure construction
- Nov, 27, 2022
- Steel Structures Other Structural Structural Stability Structural Behavior Standards And Design Codes News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
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This article will explore four technologies that are helping shape the future of steel construction. It is no overstatement to say that steel production and construction are primary shapers of our re...
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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...
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Ξ—istoric downtown LaPorte building collapsed: investigators trying to determine the cause
- Oct, 27, 2022
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- United States, Indiana, South Bend
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Part of a three-story building more than a century old in downtown LaPorte collapsed Wednesday night. Fortunately, authorities said nobody was inside when about one-third of the front of the structur...
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