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Five-storey building collapse in Egypt: at least six fatalities
- Jan, 13, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Reliability Structural Behavior Standards And Design Codes
- Egypt
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Building collapses are common in Egypt, where shoddy construction and a lack of maintenance are widespread in shantytowns, poor city neighborhoods and rural areas. At least six people were killed...
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Portsmouth house collapse: Poor quality of the bricks may cause the partial collapse
- Jan, 05, 2023
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structural Design Structural Reliability Walls Structural Stability Other Structural
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A terraced house is believed to have collapsed due to the low grade bricks used to build it. The house in Langford Road, Portsmouth caved in on 7 December and caused the partial collapse of the home...
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Bangladesh: opening of country's longest bridge
- Jun, 27, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Structural Design Structural Reliability Trusses Concrete Structures Other Structural
- Bangladesh
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday celebrated the opening of the country’s longest bridge, which took eight years to build. The 6.51-kilometer (4.04-mile) bridge spanning the Pad...
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