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VR, remote labs, and the future of civil engineering education

Civil engineering programs now treat virtual labs as essential. Students run structural tests, soil behavior analyses, and systems modeling from laptops with professional-grade tools. The rapid pivot...

Lyari Building Disaster: What Went Wrong and the dozen fatalities

On July 4, 2025, a five-story residential building in Karachi’s Lyari district suddenly collapsed around 10:00 a.m. local time. The incident resulted in at least 16 confirmed fatalities and over a do...

Fungible Engineering: The Future of Modular Design in Data Centers

In an era where speed, flexibility, and efficiency dictate the success of technological infrastructure, the concept of fungibility is emerging as a game-changer in structural engineering. Much like h...

Civil Engineering News Recap of December 2024

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 November 2024. Namely, these were: 1) M...

Explosive Milestone in Nuclear Decommissioning: Sizewell A Turbine Hall Demolition

The decommissioning of Sizewell A nuclear power station has reached a groundbreaking milestone with the controlled demolition of its turbine hall. Utilizing 700kg of explosives, this innovative appro...

Nuclear Progress: Hinkley Point C Marks Reactor Installation Milestone

The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, England, has reached a significant milestone with the installation of its first reactor pressure vessel (RPV). This marks the first reactor instal...

How AI in Construction Contracts Will Be Explored at the 2024 NEC Conference

The 2024 NEC Annual Conference, set for June 21 at the ICE headquarters at One Great George Street, promises to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionize construction contracts, maki...

Spire of iconic old Copenhagen stock exchange collapses in fire

The iconic spire of Copenhagen’s old stock exchange collapsed in a fire that engulfed the building on the morning of Tuesday the 16th of April 2024. Furthermore, the old stock exchange building was o...

60-foot crack appears on rural Utah Panguitch Lake Dam

A 60-foot-wide and 2 to 5-foot-tall crack was identified at rural Utah’s Panguitch Lake Dam, on the evening of Monday, April 8, 2024, which caused safety concerns about the nearby town’s 1,800 reside...

Construction crane segment collapses onto downtown Florida bridge

A section of a construction crane collapsed onto a downtown Fort Lauderdale bridge, where it hit two cars on the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, 2024. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue (FLFR) released a s...