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Seismic isolation: engineers launch a new building system to protect houses in an earthquake
- Oct, 25, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Structural Design Other Structural Structural Stability
- New Zealand
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A University of Canterbury team, led by Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Professor Tim Sullivan and postdoctoral fellow Tom Francis, tested a prototype of the system last year. The results w...
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4 lakes in mid-Michigan, disappeared after dam failure, are being restored
- Oct, 25, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Four dams are being restored after catastrophic failures led to four man-made lakes disappearing in May 2020. The dam failures took away Sandford Lake, Wixom Lake, Secord Lake and Smallwood Lake. F...
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Proposal for Oakland residential tower: it would be city’s tallest building
- Oct, 20, 2022
- Structural Design Structural Systems Other Structural
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Plans have been submitted for an East Bay housing high rise that, if built, will become Oakland's tallest building. The proposal for the development, named Town Tower, was submitted by real estate...
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Changes in magnetic field along fault lines preceded major earthquakes in California according to a recent case-study
- Oct, 20, 2022
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Researchers have tried for decades to determine whether there is a reliable precursor that can act as an early warning before the shaking begins. The technology to predict when an earthquake will str...
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GEER report 2021 Western European Flooding published and available online!
Record rainfall triggered devastating and deadly flooding in Western Europe between July 14-16th, 2021. The extreme weather event killed more than 230 people in Germany and Belgium and cost billions...
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Brazil’s Amazon: bridge collapses, at least three fatalities and 15 missing
- Oct, 17, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Bridges Other Structural
- Brazil
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least three people have been confirmed dead, with as many as 15 missing after a bridge collapsed as some vehicles were travelling across it in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, firefighter...
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Chile: mining areas connected to giant sinkhole were permanently closed
- Oct, 17, 2022
- Other Geotechnical Deep Excavations Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Chile
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The permanent closure of mining stopes directly related to a giant sinkhole, that appeared in the northern part of the country in July, was announced by Chile's mining minister on Friday (07 October...
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Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA): building collapse due to bad economy
The Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA has stated that the building collapses in the country normally happen during the construction stage and is compounded by the bad economy. Speaking to newsm...
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Landslide and floods in Kalikot: 1,500 houses damaged
- Oct, 14, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization
- Nepal
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
As many as 1,500 houses were damaged by landslides and floods triggered by incessant rainfall that occurred for the past few days in Kalikot. District Disaster Management Committee shared the infor...
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3D printing: team of flying robots to build structures
- Oct, 11, 2022
- Bridges Structural Design Other Structural
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Teams of airborne 3D-printing drones could one day be used to complete construction projects in dangerous or hard-to-reach environments – thanks to new technologies developed by researchers led by Mi...
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