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Structural Excellence: PAC NYC Wins Prestigious Building Award

The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) represents an extraordinary fusion of engineering ingenuity and design creativity. Recognized for its innovative approach to structural challenges, the v...

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Tragedy: Fatal Tunnel Collapse Sparks Investigation

Tragedy struck on Saturday when a worker lost their life following a partial collapse at an under-construction tunnel on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Kota district. Three other workers...

Cairo’s Deadly Building Collapse: 8 Dead, Safety in Question

On December 10, 2024, a six-story apartment building in Cairo’s Waili neighborhood collapsed, claiming the lives of at least eight residents and leaving three others injured. Constructed in the 1960s...

Solar Farms and Wind Turbines Tested and Failed by Storm Darragh

Storm Darragh has highlighted the vulnerabilities of renewable energy infrastructure to extreme weather events. Among the hardest-hit facilities was the Porth Wen Solar Farm in Anglesey, North Wales....

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...

Civil Engineering News Recap of Ocotber 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 October 2024. Namely, these were: 1) Br...

From Aging Infrastructure to Extreme Rainfall: The Growing Importance of Dam Structural Engineering

Oct, 07, 2024
Dam Engineering Other News
Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org

Dams have been integral to human civilization for centuries, playing critical roles in water storage, flood control, and hydropower generation. However, with the increasing frequency of dam failures...