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Lagos' Building Collapse Epidemic: Who Is to Blame?
- Mar, 17, 2025
- Structural Failures Forensic Engineering General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Nigeria, Lekki
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Yet again, Lagos has witnessed another devastating building collapse—this time in Lekki Phase 1, where a three-story building under construction crumbled, leaving four dead and at least 15 injured. E...
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Civil Engineering News Recap of February 2025
- Mar, 14, 2025
- Bridges Bridge Management Erosion Foundation Design / Construction Other Geotechnical Damage (Structural) Structural Failures General Construction General Civil Railway Geotechnics Forensic Engineering
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of February 2025. Namely, these were: 1) AI...
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Structural Failure in Yobe: One Dead, Several Injured in School Collapse
- Feb, 20, 2025
- Structural Failures Forensic Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Nigeria, Potiskum
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A devastating incident struck Government Girls Science and Technical College in Potiskum, Yobe State, when a classroom corridor collapsed, leaving one student dead and four others injured. The collap...
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Construction Site Inferno: Fire Hazards in Large-Scale Projects Exposed
- Feb, 14, 2025
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures General Construction General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Korea, Busan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A devastating fire at a luxury hotel construction site in Busan, South Korea, has raised critical concerns about fire safety in large-scale construction projects. The blaze, which broke out on the fi...
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Bridge Collapse in Peru: Structural Failure Sends Bus Crashing into River
- Feb, 16, 2025
- Bridges Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Peru
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A tragic accident unfolded in northern Peru when a 60-meter-long bridge collapsed, sending a double-decker bus and a car plunging into a river. The incident occurred near Chancay, along the Panameric...
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Civil Engineering News Recap of January 2025
- Feb, 06, 2025
- Tunneling Geoenvironmental Engineering Railway Geotechnics Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure General Civil General Construction Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Forensic Engineering Steel Structures Wood Structures Structural Systems Wind Engineering
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of January 2025. Namely, these were: 1) Ch...
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Delhi’s Burari Collapse: Tragedy Strikes an Under-Construction Site
- Jan, 27, 2025
- Structural Failures Temporary Structures Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, New Delhi
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
On the evening of January 27, 2025, tragedy struck Delhi's Burari area when a newly constructed four-story building collapsed, leaving several individuals trapped under the debris. The incident, whic...
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Tilted Structure in Kolkata, the Inferior Materials and Red Flags on Construction Standards
- Jan, 14, 2025
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Forensic Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Kolkata
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In a densely populated area of Kolkata, a four-story building in Vidyasagar Colony, Ward 99, Jadavpur, tilted dangerously onto an adjacent structure on January 14, raising safety concerns and prompti...
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Heritage Lost: Winter Storm Claims 175-year-old Ravenscourt Grade II Listed Building
- Jan, 15, 2025
- Structural Failures General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The brutal winter storm sweeping through the UK and Europe has claimed its latest victim: the 175-year-old Ravenscourt, a Grade II listed building on the Isle of Wight. The Italianate-style villa, p...
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Rescue and Reflection: Structural Collapse at Kannauj Railway Station
- Jan, 11, 2025
- Structural Failures Forensics General Civil General Construction Railway Geotechnics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A tragic structural collapse at the under-construction terminal of Kannauj Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh, India, highlighted the critical importance of safety in construction. On January 11, 2025,...
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