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Construction crane segment collapses onto downtown Florida bridge
- Apr, 04, 2024
- Structural Failures General Civil General Construction Other Structural Damage (Structural) Forensics Bridges News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Florida, Fort Lauderdale
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A section of a construction crane collapsed onto a downtown Fort Lauderdale bridge, where it hit two cars on the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, 2024. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue (FLFR) released a s...
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Baltimore bridge collapses after collision with container ship
- Mar, 26, 2024
- Other Structural Damage (Structural) Bridges General Civil Risk & Reliability News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Maryland, Baltimore
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, around 1:30 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, March 26, resulting in a significant part of the bridge plunging into the water a...
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Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles: Landslide caused the demolition of a building while two others were affected
- Mar, 13, 2024
- Landslides Slope Stability Other Structural Other Geotechnical General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, California , Los Angeles
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A landslide occurred in Sherman Oaks, a neighborhood approximately 19km northwest of downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday 13th of March, causing significant damage. Specifically, a house, which was unde...
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Shopping mall roof partially collapses in Sweden
- Mar, 03, 2024
- Structural Loads Damage (Structural) Other Structural General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Sweden, Östersund
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Three people got injured in Sweden, after the roof of a shopping mall partially collapsed on the afternoon of Sunday, March 3. Furthermore, the incident took place at the Lillänge shopping center, i...
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Deadly fire engulfs high-rise buildings in Valencia
- Feb, 22, 2024
- Risk & Reliability Forensics Forensic Engineering Other Structural General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Spain, Valencia
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A fire broke out in a 14-story residential building at the Spanish city of Valencia, at around 5:30 on the afternoon of Thursday. It has so far been made known that at least four people lost their l...
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Major landslide in eastern Turkey: 9 goldminers are missing
- Feb, 13, 2024
- Mining Landslides Slope Stability General Civil Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Turkey
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Authorities reported that a landslide struck a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday 13th of February, at 14:28 local time (11:28 GMT), resulting in the disappearance of nine miners. Footage from th...
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Five-story building collapses in Lebanon
- Feb, 11, 2024
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Lebanon, Chouaifet El Aamroussieh
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A five-story building collapsed in Lebanon, on the morning of Sunday, February 11. Furthermore, the collapse took place in the Sahra Chouaifet area, in the city of Choueifat. Hassan Zeaiter, the own...
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Under-construction Boise Airport hangar collapses in Idaho
- Jan, 31, 2024
- Forensics General Civil General Construction Other Structural Damage (Structural) News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Idaho, Boise
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
An airplane hangar collapsed on January 21, while being constructed in Idaho’s Boise Airport. Furthermore, the collapse took place around 5 p.m., and the reasons behind it are still unknown. A cran...
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Historic church collapses in Connecticut
- Jan, 25, 2024
- Structural Failures Other Structural General Civil General Construction Damage (Structural) News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Connecticut, New London
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A historic church collapsed in New London, Connecticut, on Thursday, January 25. Furthermore, the collapsed building was the First Congregational Church, a Gothic Revival-style church that was built...
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Temporary elevator failure causes five fatalities on Swedish construction site
- Dec, 11, 2023
- General Construction General Civil Other Structural Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Sweden, Stockholm
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A temporary elevator, used on a construction site in Stockholm, failed on Monday, December 11, causing the loss of five workers’ lives. Furthermore, the incident took place on a site located in Sund...
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