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Building walls with demolition waste - the poetry of Cyclopean concrete
- Sep, 16, 2022
- Concrete Structures Sustainable Development Structure Reinforcement Structural Behavior News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News Walls Thin Wall Structures
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Ancient cyclopean walls were built by overlapping raw stones, supported one on the other, without the use of mortar. The name derives from the Cyclops, the giants of Greek mythology, as their constru...
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: at least six fatalities in building collapse
- Aug, 21, 2022
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- Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
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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Bridge in China cracks due to buckling under high temperatures
- Aug, 23, 2022
- Bridges Structural Failures Damage (Structural) News On Events News On Failures News On Natural Disasters/phenomena News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News Structure Reinforcement Buckling Structural Loads Other Structural
- 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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Cairo, Egypt: Building collapse, at least six fatalities
- Jun, 17, 2022
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- Egypt, Cairo
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A five-story building in Egypt’s capital Cairo collapsed in the early hours of Friday killing at least six people, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported. The incident also resulted in the partial colla...
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Iran building collapse: at least 11 fatalities
- May, 23, 2022
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- Iran
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Rescuers dug through debris of a collapsed building in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble. Meanwhile, authorities arres...
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Surfside collapse: Florida fails to pass condo safety measures
- Mar, 12, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structure Reinforcement Concrete Structures Structural Stability Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Other Structural Structural Behavior News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Florida
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
In the nine months since 98 people died in the collapse of a Surfside, Florida, condominium, state lawmakers have pledged to pass measures that could help avoid a similar disaster. Negotiations bet...
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India: 5 fatalities, several injuries as building collapses in Pune
- Feb, 04, 2022
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- India, Pune
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Five people were killed and several others were injured when an under-construction building in Pune, India collapsed late on Thursday night, police officials said. The authorities launched a probe to...
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Melbourne: the first 3D-printed house in southern hemisphere
- Jan, 18, 2022
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- Australia, Melbourne
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
The first ever 3D-printed house in the southern hemisphere has been built in a Melbourne manufacturing warehouse in just three days. The structure's elements were printed in the first two days and as...
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New solution promises 90% cost reduction in concrete 3D printing materials
- Dec, 22, 2021
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Concrete 3D printing of building shells has grown considerably in the last few years, with more and more building shells being 3D printed, even buildings with up to 3 floors and windmill towers. Howe...
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Merdeka 118: world’s Second Tallest Building Tops Out in Malaysia
- Dec, 02, 2021
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- Malaysia
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In downtown Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, Merdeka 118 topped out at 678.9 metres tall and 118 storeys which construction started 5 years ago. It becomes the second-tallest building in t...
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