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Digital Twin Infrastructure: Building Safer Bridges with AI
- Aug, 20, 2025
- Bridges Bridge Management Green Infrastructure Structural Health Monitoring News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful tool to improve the safety and resilience of bridges. Researchers at the University of St. Thomas have demonstrated how AI can optimize structural de...
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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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Two Dead After Ship Strikes Iconic NYC Bridge
- May, 17, 2025
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Health Monitoring General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, New York, New York
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A tragic maritime incident unfolded on May 17, 2025, when the Mexican Navy's tall training ship Cuauhtémoc collided with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The impact snapped the vessel’s three ma...
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Structures Falling, Standards Failing: The Governor Who Said ‘Enough’
- Apr, 02, 2025
- Concrete Structures Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structural Health Monitoring General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Nigeria, Dutse
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
For decades, Nigeria has battled a quiet epidemic—construction failures. These aren’t isolated events but part of a dangerous pattern rooted in poor construction practices, regulatory failure, and a...
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Autonomous Robots Revolutionize Fusion Energy Facility Inspections
- Sep, 25, 2024
- Structural Health Monitoring Structural Control General Civil General Construction News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In a groundbreaking achievement, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Oxford Robotics Institute (ORI) have successfully deployed a fully autonomous robot to inspect a fusion ene...
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Humanoid Robots: The Future of Safer Maintenance Work
- Jul, 08, 2024
- Railway Geotechnics Structural Health Monitoring News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry
- Japan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Revolutionizing Safety and Efficiency In a remarkable stride towards enhancing safety and efficiency in the workforce, West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) has introduced humanoid robots designed to...
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Harnessing Drone Technology for Highway Construction
- Jun, 25, 2024
- General Civil General Construction Forensic Engineering Structural Health Monitoring Sustainable Development Aerial News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry
- Gjilan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In recent years, the integration of drone technology in civil engineering has revolutionized the industry, offering unprecedented capabilities in data collection, monitoring, and analysis. This artic...
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Kingsferry Bridge Closure for 'Urgent' Network Rail Repairs to Begin
- Jun, 10, 2024
- Bridge Management Structural Health Monitoring Erosion General Civil News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Kingsferry Bridge, an essential structure connecting the Isle of Sheppey with the mainland, is set for closure to facilitate urgent repairs by Network Rail. Built in 1960 by British Rail, this 64...
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Revolutionizing Structural Health Monitoring: The Power of Color-Changing Sensor Materials
- May, 14, 2024
- Structural Health Monitoring Structural Behavior Construction Management News On Research / Academia News On Products & Services
- Netherlands, Delft
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Traditional sensor techniques for monitoring structural health are often expensive, complex, and unreliable for long-term operation. Addressing these challenges, Assistant Professor Mohammad Fotouhi...
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A case study on the repair of West Seattle Bridge
- Sep, 17, 2022
- Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Tendons Bridges Structural Health Monitoring Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Washington, Seattle
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The West Seattle Bridge is a cantilevered segmental bridge with a maximum clearance of 140 ft (43 m) and a total length of 2,607 ft (795 m), that connects West Seattle to the city’s greater metropoli...
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