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News on Failures
Building partially collapsed twice within 8 days in Welland, Canada
- Feb, 26, 2023
- Other Structural Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Canada, Welland
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A five-story, 226-unit condo suffered partial collapse twice within 8 days. More specifically, the initial collapse took place on February the 18th and a second one followed almost a week later, on F...
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Under-construction Islamabad bridge collapses for the second time within a week
- Mar, 02, 2023
- Bridges Bridge Management Other Structural Other News News On Failures
- Pakistan, Islamabad
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
An under-construction bridge in Islamabad collapsed on Thursday, March 2 for the second time within a week. More specifically, one of the bridge’s girders tipped over and caused a domino effect, w...
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Italian earthquake of August, 24th devastates entire villages
- Sep, 02, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Amatrice, Italy
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A serious 6.2 R earthquake hit central Italia on Wednesday morning. Amatrice, Pescara del Tronto and Arquata del Tronto were subjected to the deady earthquake and have been severely damaged. 247 peopl...
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Spike in Roof Collapses Inspires the use of Drones
- Mar, 09, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Boston, MA, USA
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Massachusetts has experienced a large number of structural failures over the past month due to extreme snowfall. This past Wednesday (March 4th), after an additional 2 inches of snow accumulation, som...
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