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Banihal-Katra rail link in India’s J&K: new tunnel completed
- Aug, 30, 2022
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- Banihal
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A 9.8km tunnel on the Banihal-Katra railway link in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has been completed, the Press Trust of India reported citing officials. The tunnel has been designed to con...
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Building collapse in Abuja, Nigeria – at least one fatality and two trapped
- Aug, 26, 2022
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- Nigeria, Abuja
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A three-storey building collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja on Friday. At least one person has been confirmed dead while Channels Television had earlier reported that two persons were trapped an...
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Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm: first power generation was announced
- Aug, 23, 2022
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- United Kingdom
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SSE Renewables, and its partner Total Energies have announced first power generation from the Seagreen offshore wind farm, 27km off the coast of Angus in Scotland. The 1,075MW Seagreen offshore wind...
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Βuilding collapse in Lagos: two children dead
- Aug, 22, 2022
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- Nigeria, Lagos
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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday confirmed that bodies of the two children were recovered in the incident. The children have died following the collapse of a building in...
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: at least six fatalities in building collapse
- Aug, 21, 2022
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- Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
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At least six people were killed in a building collapse Saturday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, according to a police source. The accident happened when a warehouse collapsed in the Mercat...
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Building collapse in Surjani Town, Pakistan: one fatality and ten injuries
- Aug, 17, 2022
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- Pakistan, Karachi
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An under-construction building in Surjani Town, Pakistan, collapsed. One person died and ten others sustained injuries, two of them in critical condition. According to details, a ground plus four-...
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Bridge in China cracks due to buckling under high temperatures
- Aug, 23, 2022
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- China, Quanzhou
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In engineering, buckling is a failure mode characterized by a sudden failure of a structural member subjected to high compressive stresses, where the actual compressive stresses at failure are smalle...
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Norway wooden bridge collapse: Drivers of two vehicles rescued
- Aug, 15, 2022
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- Denmark, Copenhagen
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A wooden bridge over a river in southern Norway collapsed early Monday, with a car plunging into the water and a truck getting stuck on a raised section. The drivers of both vehicles were rescued and...
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Dasmariñas bridge collapse: eight fatalities - the body of last missing victim found
- Jul, 26, 2022
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- Philippines, Dasmariñas
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Authorities found Thursday, July 28, the last missing victim in the collapse of a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV on Tuesday evening, July 26. On July 27, authorities...
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Longest bridge in the Baltics: the estimated duration of the Neris bridge works is 2.5 years
- Jul, 22, 2022
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- Lithuania, Jonava
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The bridge impinges on a site protected by the EU’s Natura 2000 ecological network, so work will not be carried out during fish migration and spawning. To avoid damage to the ecosystem, the bridge’s...
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