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Bridge collapses in Woodville, Mississippi; no injuries reported
- Jan, 09, 2023
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A bridge collapsed in Woodville, Mississippi, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Woodville is in the southwest corner of Mississippi, a few miles from the Louisiana border. The Wilkinson County Emergency Manag...
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Kalinga, Philippines: Rains damage bridge and trigger landslides
- Jan, 09, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- Philippines
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Barangay officials on Wednesday closed a bridge to motorists in Tabuk City in Kalinga province after incessant rains caused by the northeast monsoon damaged it. The San Julian bridge broke and its...
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Portsmouth house collapse: Poor quality of the bricks may cause the partial collapse
- Jan, 05, 2023
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structural Design Structural Reliability Walls Structural Stability Other Structural
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A terraced house is believed to have collapsed due to the low grade bricks used to build it. The house in Langford Road, Portsmouth caved in on 7 December and caused the partial collapse of the home...
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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California: outages and damage were reported
- Jan, 05, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Seismic Effects Other Structural
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California on Sunday for the second time in less than two weeks, causing power outages and damage, according to officials. The New Year's Day earthquake, w...
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Video of Captivating Structural Engineering News in 2022
TheStructuralEngineer.info is pleased to launch a video with a selection of the most captivating news that were posted in 2022. Big things happened in 2022 at the Structural Engineering world as we p...
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Video of Captivating Geotechnical Engineering News in 2022
Geoengineer.org is pleased to launch a video with a selection of the most captivating news that were posted in 2022. Big things happened in 2022 at the Geotechnical world as we posted a total of 241...
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California: Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Northern California coast
- Dec, 21, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rattled Northern California early Tuesday morning, causing some damage and leaving thousands without power in Humboldt County. The quake was reported at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday 1...
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Banihal-Katra rail link: India's longest escape tunnel completed
- Dec, 21, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
India’s longest escape tunnel, which is 12.89 km long constructed on the 111km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway line in Jammu and Kashmir was completed by the Indian Railways. The longest tun...
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The five longest bridges in India
- Dec, 19, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Design Structural Design Structural Systems Standards And Design Codes Other Structural
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The bridges of India are more-than-welcome steel-and-iron giants, reaching far and wide while overcoming natural barriers of waterbodies, marshy areas, and rocky terrain, as well as manmade blocks of...
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Delhi’s Shashti Nagar: Video shows a four-storey building collapses
- Dec, 16, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A four-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Shashti Nagar Monday (5 December 2022) morning. A horrifying video is doing rounds on social media in which can be seen the building collapsing on the road...
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