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Roosevelt Bridge closed due to severe corrosion and structural issues
- Jun, 18, 2020
- Bridge Management Bridges Damage (Structural) Decks Tendons Repair And Retrofit Of Structures News On Events
- United States, Florida, Stuart
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On June 18th, traffic on Roosevelt Bridge was ceased after a large crack was observed underneath the southern span of the bridge and structural issues on the northern span were found. During a sche...
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Railway bridge in Russia collapsed
- May, 30, 2020
- Bridges Damage (Structural) News On Failures
- Russia, Murmansk
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On May 30, a railway bridge in northwestern Russia collapsed, without any casualties, due to a heavy flooding incident. The bridge, crossing over Kola River, is a critical railway link to the hub of...
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Wall collapses in Traverse City: 4 people injured
- May, 19, 2020
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) News On Failures
- United States, Michigan, Traverse City
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A brick wall collapsed at a construction site at Traverse City, causing four injuries, one of them very severe. The accident occurred around 9 a.m. on Tuesday 19th of May, when one of the three struc...
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Instant monitoring of inter-story drifts via laser sensors
- May, 22, 2020
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects News On Research / Academia Structural Health Monitoring Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Reliability Professional Examinations Preparation
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Real time record of seismic displacements between floors of multistory buildings is now possible thanks to light-sensitive optical sensors. The new technology is called Discrete Diode Position Sensor...
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Evacuation around West Seattle Bridge
- May, 11, 2020
- Bridges Bridge Management Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Repair And Retrofit Of Structures
- United States, Washington, Seattle
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Damaged West Seattle Bridge leads to emergency evacuation of an entire region around it. The region called “fall zone” constitutes of a non-residential area, within which parts from the bridge might...
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Building explosion in Moscow: At least 3 casualties
- Apr, 04, 2020
- Damage (Structural) Blasting Effects News On Failures
- Russia, Orekhovo-Zuyevo
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
At least 3 people have been reported dead after a gas explosion in a residential building near Moscow, Russia. The incident happened on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The 5-story building is located in Ore...
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West Seattle Bridge closed after persistent crack propagation
- Apr, 23, 2020
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Health Monitoring Structural Behavior News On Failures
- United States, Washington, Seattle
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A typical inspection at the West Seattle Bridge found intense cracking of the structure's framework and the facility was immediately closed. The West Seattle bridge (officially named as the Jeanette...
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Retaining wall failure in McDonald's restaurant, Minnesota
- Mar, 10, 2020
- Walls Damage (Structural) News On Failures
- United States, Minnesota, Duluth
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A retaining wall outside of a McDonald's restaurant in Minnesota partially collapsed. The incident occurred on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. The restaurant is located on 21st Avenue East and London Road i...
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Pedestrian bridge partially collapses in Detroit
- Mar, 27, 2020
- Bridges Concrete Structures Damage (Structural) News On Failures
- United States, Michigan, Birmingham
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A pedestrian bridge in Detroit partially collapsed on March 27, 2020. The structure is located at Interstate-94 (I-94) near Townsend Avenue. The bridge was impacted by a truck early in the morning an...
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16 fatalities following building failure in Pakistan
- Mar, 05, 2020
- Forensic Engineering Damage (Structural) Standards And Design Codes News On Failures
- Pakistan, Karachi
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
At least 16 people have been reported dead after a building failure in Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan. The failure occurred on March 5, 2020. The structure was located in Karachi’s central dis...
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