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Poland Opens Tender for CPK Airport Delivery Partner

Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has opened a tender to appoint a General Contract Engineer (GCE), tasked with overseeing the construction of a new international airport near Warsaw. The GCE, also...

One Dead After Roof and Facade Collapse at Missouri “Slowly Tilting” Retail Store

On Sunday, July 27, 2025, a partial building collapse occurred at the Family Dollar store located at 3726 Broadway Boulevard in Kansas City. The collapse involved both the roof and the front facade,...

Typhoon Wipha Triggers Among Others Scaffolding Collapse in Hong Kong

On July 20, 2025, Typhoon Wipha swept through Hong Kong, causing widespread destruction including multiple scaffold collapses across the city. Among the most serious incidents was the collapse of the...

George Building Collapse ‘Entirely Preventable’, Says Minister

On 6 May 2024, a five-storey apartment block under construction at 75 Victoria Street in George, Western Cape, collapsed, resulting in 34 fatalities and 28 injuries. A government-led investigation h...

Coastal Resilience in Miami Gets a 3D-Printed Sea Wall Upgrade

In Miami, the urgency to combat coastal erosion and rising sea levels has led to a new approach: 3D-printed Living Seawalls. Spearheaded by Kind Designs, this approach merges structural protection wi...

LiDAR-Guided Masonry Repair and Structural Recovery at the Guggenheim Building in the University of Northern Colorado

In September 2022, a vehicular impact caused severe structural damage to a historic unreinforced masonry wall at the Guggenheim Building on the University of Northern Colorado campus. The SUV strike...

Vienna’s U2 Line Achieves Major Tunnelling Milestone

A major milestone has been reached in Vienna’s U2xU5 metro expansion with the successful completion of tunnel boring on Track 2 of the U2 line. This 2-kilometre stretch, driven by tunnel boring machi...

HS2 Delivery Strategy Undergoes Major Contractual Reset

The High-Speed 2 (HS2) project is entering a strategic reset phase, with plans to renegotiate existing civil engineering contracts. This shift aims to better align risk, costs, and delivery expectati...

Structural Deterioration Leads to Fatal Bridge Failure of Gambhira Bridge

A major bridge collapse occurred on 9 July 2025 in Gujarat’s Vadodara district when a section of the 40-year-old Gambhira-Mujpur bridge gave way during peak traffic hours. The structure, which spans...

Inside the Making of Australia’s First New City in 100 Years

Bradfield City Centre marks Australia’s first entirely new city development in over a century, situated in the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, just minutes from the under-construction Western Sydney Int...

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