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Delhi’s Shashti Nagar: Video shows a four-storey building collapses
- Dec, 16, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A four-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Shashti Nagar Monday (5 December 2022) morning. A horrifying video is doing rounds on social media in which can be seen the building collapsing on the road...
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Malaysia landslide: At least 16 fatalities and more missing
- Dec, 16, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- Malaysia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least 16 people including children have been killed after a landslide enveloped a holiday campsite in Malaysia's Selangor state, officials say. Families were sleeping in their tents when a lands...
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Floods & lanslides in Kinshaha: At least 141 people dead
More than 141 people have been killed in Kinshasa of Democratic Republic of Congo, after the heavy rains of December 13th. President Félix Tshisekedi declared three days of national mourning on Decem...
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Floods & lanslides in Kinshasa: At least 141 people dead
More than 141 people have been killed in Kinshasa of Democratic Republic of Congo, after the heavy rains of December 13th. President Félix Tshisekedi declared three days of national mourning on Decem...
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Colombia landslide: at least 34 fatalities
- Dec, 12, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- Colombia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Heavy rains in northwest Colombia sent a wall of earth crashing onto a winding road, swallowing up a bus and other vehicles and killing 34 people, emergency services said Monday. The landslide Sunda...
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A 3D-Printed house to be made entirely from bio-based materials
- Dec, 09, 2022
- Structural Design Structural Optimization Performance-Based Design
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Maine doesn’t have enough affordable housing or enough workers to build more, but it does have quite a bit of excess wood fiber from its substantial forestry industry. Seeking a solution to those pro...
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Africa’s longest bridge in Lagos: three teams in running to build it
- Dec, 09, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The government of Lagos State has shortlisted three bids to build the Fourth Mainland Bridge, a 38km link between Lagos city and Lagos island that presently has a budget of $2.5bn. It is intended to...
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Fleming Award: ground improvement for a seismically qualified facility is the winner
- Dec, 09, 2022
- Ground Improvement Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The delivery of an innovative ground engineering solution for a defense related production facility, which met an extensive range of performance criteria in challenging ground conditions, has won thi...
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The world's longest suspended bridge may soon link the island of Sicily in Italy with the mainland
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Bridge Management Earthquake Engineering Structural Design Other Structural Standards And Design Codes
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The idea of building a bridge between the island of Sicily with the mainland is not new for the Italian planners. However, the decades-long planning process for the massive engineering project was ab...
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Washington, D.C.: First mass timber commercial office building opens
- Dec, 07, 2022
- Wood Structures Performance-Based Design Structural Design Sustainable Development Standards And Design Codes Structural Optimization
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The office building at 80 M Street SE in Washington, D.C., might not stand out if you walked past it. It sits comfortably between several other office buildings, all sporting the same modern exterior...
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