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Hybrid Wood-Steel Systems Deliver Tall Timber Success: The BCIT’s Student Housing Tower
- May, 01, 2025
- Structural Optimization Steel Structures Wood Structures News On Projects / Industry
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Burnaby has delivered a milestone in tall timber design with the completion of its 12-story Tall Timber Student Housing tower. Building on the e...
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Steel Arch Bridge Fails During Construction in China Claiming 12 Lives
- Aug, 23, 2025
- Bridge Design Structural Failures Steel Structures Railway Geotechnics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- China
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A devastating collapse of a railway bridge under construction in northwest China’s Qinghai Province claimed the lives of at least 12 workers, with four still reported missing. The incident occurred i...
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Two Dead in Pennsylvania Steel Plant Explosion
- Aug, 11, 2025
- Structural Failures Steel Structures Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Pennsylvania, Clairton
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A major explosion at the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has resulted in two fatalities and injuries to ten others. The blast occurred on 11 August 2025 at appr...
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Giant HS2 Bridge Prepared for Landmark Move Over Lawley Middleway
- Aug, 12, 2025
- Steel Structures Bridges Bridge Design News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Alabama, Birmingham
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In a major milestone for the HS2 high-speed rail project, a 112-metre-long, 1,631-tonne steel bridge is set to be moved into position over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham. Constructed adjacent to the...
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Hangzhou’s Urban Icon: Structural Analysis of the Century Center
- Jun, 13, 2025
- Structural Design Wind Engineering Steel Structures News On Projects / Industry
- China, Hangzhou
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Hangzhou Century Center, also known as the “Gate of Hangzhou,” features two 310-meter-high towers connected by a 62-meter-long steel arch bridge. Situated in the Xiaoshan District, this mixed-use...
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From Thrills to Rubble: The Demolition of Kingda Ka in New Jersey
- Mar, 02, 2025
- Steel Structures Structural Deflection General Construction Construction Management General Civil News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, New Jersey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
For nearly 20 years, Kingda Ka stood as a towering icon in the world of roller coasters. As the tallest and second-fastest roller coaster on Earth, it was a bucket-list ride for thrill-seekers worldw...
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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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Safer Structures for Tougher Climate Times: The Case for CFS
- Jan, 21, 2025
- Steel Structures Structural Systems Wood Structures Green Infrastructure Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
As the world faces increasingly frequent and severe climate events, the construction industry is tasked with creating buildings that are both sustainable and resilient. Hurricanes, wildfires, and ext...
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A Steel Solution to Power Fusion Energy’s Bright Future
- Jan, 12, 2025
- Steel Structures Energy Engineering General Civil Sustainable Development News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A groundbreaking material has been developed to support the future of nuclear fusion energy, addressing one of the most critical challenges in reactor construction. Engineers have successfully produc...
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Streamlining Construction: HS2 Box Structure Pushes Efficiency to New Heights
- Jan, 17, 2025
- Steel Structures Metal Structures Structural Design Construction Management News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The construction of a colossal 14,500-tonne box structure to carry the HS2 rail line under the A46 Kenilworth Bypass in Warwickshire is reaching its final stages. This groundbreaking project highligh...
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