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Malaysia landslide: At least 16 fatalities and more missing

At least 16 people including children have been killed after a landslide enveloped a holiday campsite in Malaysia's Selangor state, officials say. Families were sleeping in their tents when a lands...

Floods & lanslides in Kinshaha: At least 141 people dead

More than 141 people have been killed in Kinshasa of Democratic Republic of Congo, after the heavy rains of December 13th. President Félix Tshisekedi declared three days of national mourning on Decem...

Floods & lanslides in Kinshasa: At least 141 people dead

More than 141 people have been killed in Kinshasa of Democratic Republic of Congo, after the heavy rains of December 13th. President Félix Tshisekedi declared three days of national mourning on Decem...

Colombia landslide: at least 34 fatalities

Heavy rains in northwest Colombia sent a wall of earth crashing onto a winding road, swallowing up a bus and other vehicles and killing 34 people, emergency services said Monday. The landslide Sunda...

A 3D-Printed house to be made entirely from bio-based materials

Maine doesn’t have enough affordable housing or enough workers to build more, but it does have quite a bit of excess wood fiber from its substantial forestry industry. Seeking a solution to those pro...

Africa’s longest bridge in Lagos: three teams in running to build it

The government of Lagos State has shortlisted three bids to build the Fourth Mainland Bridge, a 38km link between Lagos city and Lagos island that presently has a budget of $2.5bn. It is intended to...

Fleming Award: ground improvement for a seismically qualified facility is the winner

The delivery of an innovative ground engineering solution for a defense related production facility, which met an extensive range of performance criteria in challenging ground conditions, has won thi...

The world's longest suspended bridge may soon link the island of Sicily in Italy with the mainland

The idea of building a bridge between the island of Sicily with the mainland is not new for the Italian planners. However, the decades-long planning process for the massive engineering project was ab...

Washington, D.C.: First mass timber commercial office building opens

The office building at 80 M Street SE in Washington, D.C., might not stand out if you walked past it. It sits comfortably between several other office buildings, all sporting the same modern exterior...

Waimea Water: update on dam construction project

The major dam project located on the Lee River will increase water to aquifers that supply Richmond, Brightwater, Mapua, and other urban areas along the Waimea Plain once complete – which is expected...

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