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Saudi Park Closed After 360 Big Pendulum Ride Crashes to Ground, 23 injured
- Aug, 06, 2025
- Structural Deflection Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Saudi Arabia, Taif
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A serious mechanical failure occurred last week at Green Mountain Park in Taif, Saudi Arabia, when the 360 Big Pendulum ride suddenly snapped during operation. The collapse happened while the ride wa...
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Europe’s Largest Timber Development Breaks Ground in Stockholm
- Aug, 04, 2025
- Wood Structures General Construction General Civil Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
As part of an initiative to align urban development with environmental priorities, Sweden has initiated the world’s largest wooden city in the Sickla district of Stockholm. Known as Stockholm Wood Ci...
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Poland Opens Tender for CPK Airport Delivery Partner
- Jul, 25, 2025
- General Civil General Construction Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry
- Poland, Warsaw
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has opened a tender to appoint a General Contract Engineer (GCE), tasked with overseeing the construction of a new international airport near Warsaw. The GCE, also...
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One Dead After Roof and Facade Collapse at Missouri “Slowly Tilting” Retail Store
- Jul, 27, 2025
- Roofs Temporary Structures Damage (Structural) Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Missouri
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
On Sunday, July 27, 2025, a partial building collapse occurred at the Family Dollar store located at 3726 Broadway Boulevard in Kansas City. The collapse involved both the roof and the front facade,...
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Typhoon Wipha Triggers Among Others Scaffolding Collapse in Hong Kong
- Jul, 25, 2025
- Damage (Structural) Wind Engineering Temporary Structures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Hong Kong
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
On July 20, 2025, Typhoon Wipha swept through Hong Kong, causing widespread destruction including multiple scaffold collapses across the city. Among the most serious incidents was the collapse of the...
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George Building Collapse ‘Entirely Preventable’, Says Minister
- Jul, 23, 2025
- Structural Design Structural Failures Standards And Design Codes News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Africa
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
On 6 May 2024, a five-storey apartment block under construction at 75 Victoria Street in George, Western Cape, collapsed, resulting in 34 fatalities and 28 injuries. A government-led investigation h...
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Coastal Resilience in Miami Gets a 3D-Printed Sea Wall Upgrade
- Jul, 21, 2025
- Erosion Concrete Structures Hydraulic Engineering General Construction Environmental Engineering News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Florida, Miami
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In Miami, the urgency to combat coastal erosion and rising sea levels has led to a new approach: 3D-printed Living Seawalls. Spearheaded by Kind Designs, this approach merges structural protection wi...
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LiDAR-Guided Masonry Repair and Structural Recovery at the Guggenheim Building in the University of Northern Colorado
- Jul, 18, 2025
- Masonry Structures Structural Health Monitoring Structural Control Structural Deflection Damage (Structural) News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Colorado
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In September 2022, a vehicular impact caused severe structural damage to a historic unreinforced masonry wall at the Guggenheim Building on the University of Northern Colorado campus. The SUV strike...
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Vienna’s U2 Line Achieves Major Tunnelling Milestone
- Jul, 17, 2025
- Tunneling Construction Management Sustainable Development General Construction General Civil News On Projects / Industry
- Austria, Vienna
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A major milestone has been reached in Vienna’s U2xU5 metro expansion with the successful completion of tunnel boring on Track 2 of the U2 line. This 2-kilometre stretch, driven by tunnel boring machi...
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HS2 Delivery Strategy Undergoes Major Contractual Reset
- Jul, 16, 2025
- Construction Management General Construction Railway Geotechnics Tunneling News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The High-Speed 2 (HS2) project is entering a strategic reset phase, with plans to renegotiate existing civil engineering contracts. This shift aims to better align risk, costs, and delivery expectati...
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