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George Collapse Tragedy Final Report: A Grim Reminder of Regulatory Lapses in Construction

In May 2024, the collapse of a five-story residential development in George, South Africa, marked one of the country's most devastating construction failures, resulting in the loss of 34 lives. Inve...

Davenport’s Building Collapse: Failures, Secrets, and Lessons

On May 28, 2023, a quiet Sunday afternoon in Davenport, Iowa, was shattered when the rear wall of a six-story apartment building gave way, causing a catastrophic collapse that claimed three lives and...

How California’s Retrofit Ordinances Are Reshaping Seismic Engineering

It’s one thing to follow a checklist. It’s another to deeply understand how a structure behaves when the ground begins to shake. California’s seismic story is full of lessons—from collapsed unreinfor...

After the Recent NTSB Report: 68 U.S. Bridges Now Flagged for Collapse Risk

When the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore catastrophically collapsed in March 2024 after being struck by a cargo ship, it didn’t just send concrete tumbling into the Patapsco River—it also shook...

The Fatal Collapse That Stopped Rama II Construction and it's Dangerous Legacy: 2,500 Accidents and Counting

In the early hours of March 15, 2025, tragedy struck yet again on Bangkok’s Rama II Road. A concrete beam from the under-construction Dao Khanong expressway bridge collapsed near Soi 25, killing five...

Telangana Tunnel Collapse: A Battle Against Time and Terrain

The Telangana tunnel collapse at the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel on February 22, 2025, has triggered one of the most complex and dangerous rescue operations in recent history. The collaps...

Lagos' Building Collapse Epidemic: Who Is to Blame?

Yet again, Lagos has witnessed another devastating building collapse—this time in Lekki Phase 1, where a three-story building under construction crumbled, leaving four dead and at least 15 injured. E...

Civil Engineering News Recap of February 2025

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 February 2025. Namely, these were: 1) AI...

Structural Failure in Yobe: One Dead, Several Injured in School Collapse

A devastating incident struck Government Girls Science and Technical College in Potiskum, Yobe State, when a classroom corridor collapsed, leaving one student dead and four others injured. The collap...

Civil Engineering News Recap of January 2025

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...