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Sierra Leone: A seven-storey building collapsed - at least 15 fatalities
- Sep, 16, 2024
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structural Reliability Standards And Design Codes Other Structural Structural Stability Structural Behavior
- Sierra Leone
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Last week, on Monday 16th of September around 11:00 a.m. local time a seven-storey building in Freetown, Sierra Leone collapsed claiming at least 15 lives. Three children under the age of five were a...
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Bentley Systems Announces the Finalists of the 2024 Going Digital Awards
- Aug, 20, 2024
- Structural Analysis Structural Behavior Structural Design News On Awards News On Events News On Projects / Industry News On Software
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Winners to be Announced on October 9 at Bentley’s 2024 Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards Event in Vancouver. Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineerin...
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Innovative strategies in earthquake-resistant building design: ensuring safety and structural integrity
- Jul, 16, 2024
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structural Optimization Structural Reliability Structure Reinforcement Vibration And Damping Sustainable Development Foundations Slabs Structural Behavior Other Structural News On Projects / Industry Other News
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The major concern that engineers and architects have when they design a new building is to ensure that it will withstand seismic forces and have a remarkable resistance. They manage the above by desi...
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Egypt: 14 fatalities after building collapse
- Jul, 01, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural Structural Loads Structural Behavior Structural Stability News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Egypt, Asyut
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Monday 1st of July, a three-storey building collapsed in Egypt's southern Assiut governorate resulting in at least 14 fatalities while 6 others were injured as local authorities stated. The offici...
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Bio-inspired composite cement: a new material to increase durability using natural principles
- Jun, 28, 2024
- Structural Design Structural Optimization Structure Reinforcement Structural Reliability Composite Structures Concrete Structures Structural Stability Structural Behavior Sustainable Development Other Structural News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, New Jersey, Princeton
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Princeton’s university engineers developed a new composite cement inspired by oyster and abalone shells. The new material is more resistant and stretchable than the conventional cement. Particularly,...
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Novel technology by the designer of Burj Khalifa will convert gravity to electricity
- Jun, 05, 2024
- Structural Design Structural Optimization Structural Systems Structural Behavior Other Structural Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The company (SOM) that designed Burj Khalifa announced their plans to build skyscrapers that could store energy, like batteries, using gravity. As of present, Burj Khalifa stands as the tallest build...
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Wohler Road Bridge to receive $18 million for seismic retrofit
- May, 21, 2024
- Bridge Design Bridges Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Structure Reinforcement Decks Concrete Structures Steel Structures Foundations Connections And Joints Structural Behavior Other Structural Repair And Retrofit Of Structures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, California , Santa Rosa
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The restoration of the historic Wohler Road Bridge spanning the Russian River, situated approximately 16km northwest of Santa Rosa, has been approved by the Board of Supervisors and the construction...
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An ancient site in Iran is under threat due to heavy rainfall and ground subsidence
- May, 04, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Structural Reliability Structural Stability Structural Behavior Other Structural Other News News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Failures
- Iran, روستای امیدیه
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The ancient archaeological site of Naqsh-e Rostam in Iran's Fars Province faces the threat of collapse due to damage caused by ground subsidence aggravated by recent rainfall. Situated near the renow...
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Sustainable materials can be used in construction to decrease environmental pollution
- Apr, 30, 2024
- Structural Design Structural Optimization Performance-Based Design Load Factors Structure Reinforcement Structure Types Masonry Structures Wood Structures Composite Structures Concrete Structures Structural Behavior Other Structural News On Products & Services Other News
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Efforts to reduce emissions in the building sector typically focus on operational aspects like heating and lighting. Now the attention is shifting towards the environmental impact of materials themse...
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New study to reinforce concrete with textiles instead of steel published by Sweden researchers
- Mar, 29, 2024
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Structure Reinforcement Structure Types Concrete Structures Structural Behavior Other Structural Standards And Design Codes News On Research / Academia Other News
- Sweden
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have invented a method aimed at simplifying scale analysis, thus facilitating the construction of more textile-reinforced concrete structure...
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