Dorchester County’s leadership met with the Maryland Department of the Environment in Cambridge, Maryland, to discuss a long-term plan for the Conowingo Dam. County officials said they are not aligne...
Two adjacent four-storey residential buildings collapsed overnight in the Al Massira district of Fez, killing 22 people and injuring 16 more. The structures housed eight families and failed without w...
Shetland’s plans for long-term inter-island connectivity have moved into a critical technical phase, with three internationally experienced tunnelling contractors appointed to evaluate the feasibilit...
The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) has granted an export loan of €100 million to Vulcan Energy for itsPhase One Lionheart Project, bringing the total debt package for the project to app...
London Gatwick has become the first airport worldwide to achieve certification under PAS 2080:2023, a global standard for reducing carbon across the full lifecycle of buildings and infrastructure. Th...
The UK has achieved a notable engineering and logistics milestone with the first-ever delivery of hydrogen by rail. The demonstration, carried out at Network Rail’s Test Tracks facility in Tuxford, i...
Hong Kong’s deadliest high-rise fire in more than seventy years unfolded across the Wang Fuk Court housing estate, where multiple towers were undergoing extensive renovation. The incident began when...
An old bridge on the Bareilly–Pipariya road in Madhya Pradesh experienced a sudden structural collapse on Monday morning, splitting at its central span and dropping directly into the river below. Two...
Tropical Cyclone Fina delivered destructive winds that caused extensive structural damage to the Berkeley River Lodge, a remote coastal resort located along Western Australia’s far north shoreline. A...
The partial collapse of the pre-Columbian pyramid at the Ihuatzio Archaeological Zone in Michoacáno on July 29 last year, has underscored the vulnerability of ancient masonry structures to intensifyi...
The announcement of a new £35 million rail supply contract marks a significant development for British steel manufacturing and for ongoing high-speed rail expansion in Türkiye. The agreement, to be f...
Suspended approximately 492 feet above ground and measuring 2,073 feet in length, the glass bridge was a joint collaboration between local tourism authorities and a French construction company to rev...
The Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937, and has since been standing as a landmark synonym to the city of San Fransisco. It was constructed between 1933 and 1937 in the Bay Area, and...
Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the bearing of an apparent dip. Two directions noted, in which a given apparent dip occurs. Known values: Full dip direction = α...
Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find path gradients in three different directions, (a) due N, (b) N 75o E, (c) due E. Known values: Full dip direction = N 30o E Full...
Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the apparent dip in any other direction. Known values: Horizontal length along full dip direction = x Full dip rate = 1 in x Sol...
Given the direction of full dip and the rate and direction of an apparent dip of a plane or seam, find the rate of full dip. Known values: Full dip direction = α Apparent dip direction = &b...
A vertical borehole passes through a seam with a known dip at 43o. If the apparent thickness of the seam as shown by the borehole core is 2m, calculate: (a) the true thickness of the seam and (b) the...
Calculate the coordinates of the intersection of two lines given the coordinates of four stations. Known values: Coordinates A (EA, NA), B (EB, NB), C (EC, NC), D (ED, ND) i.e. A &nbs...
