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Majorca: Two storey restaurant collapsed leading to 4 fatalities

A two-storey restaurant collapsed in Majorca, Spanish Island around 20:30 local time (19:30 BST) on Thursday 23rd of May. The collapsed building was the Medusa Beach Club, a popular beachside restaur...

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World’s most famous steel structures

Structural steel plays a crucial role in several projects worldwide, thanks to its remarkable strength, adaptability, and cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, it is the preferred choice for iconic archit...

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The most common categories of isolated foundation footings

The primary purpose of a building's foundation is to transfer the weight of the superstructure to the ground. An isolated footing is a commonly employed foundation type for supporting individual colu...

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A vacant building collapsed in west Baltimore due to strong wind loading

Strong wind loads are anticipated to be the cause of the collapse of a vacant building in the Upton neighborhood of west Baltimore, Maryland, according to a report from WBFF. There have been no injur...

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India’s Morbi bridge collapse

More than 50 children are among 135 people killed in Sunday’s bridge collapse in India’s Gujarat state, according to a list of victims published by state authorities on Wednesday. Investigators ar...

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Bridge in China cracks due to buckling under high temperatures

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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The ‘thinnest’ concrete bridge in Southeast Asia

The 30-metre-long Chalermphrakiart Bridge was built in the SCG head office compound in Bang Sue last year but the conglomerate announced the development only now to invite construction firms to learn...

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Guinness World Record for Vietnam's new glass bridge

Suspended approximately 492 feet above ground and measuring 2,073 feet in length, the glass bridge was a joint collaboration between local tourism authorities and a French construction company to rev...

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Sensors installed in Ottawa area to warn people of earthquakes

Ottawa residents will one day receive a three- to 10-second advance warning of an earthquake before the ground starts shaking. Natural Resources Canada has been installing seismic sensors in the cap...

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Fire-damaged concrete structures: how do we know when to fix or rebuild a concrete structure after a fire?

Generally, when concrete is exposed to intense fire, materials in the concrete can decompose, and consequently there is a reduction in strength. Nevertheless, there is not a widely accepted method fo...

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