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Congo: Bridge collapses during ribbon-cutting ceremony
- Sep, 08, 2022
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Failures
- Republic of the Congo
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Sharply-suited dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge in the Congolese capital on Monday only for the structure to collapse beneath their feet to the barely concealed delight of onlookers, v...
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Southwest China: 6.8-magnitude earthquake leaves at least 46 dead
- Sep, 06, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- China
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are a...
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Announcing the Publication of the 2022 Geotechnical Business Directory
GeoWorld has just published its 2022 Geotechnical Business Directory. The directory is published with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This is...
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Plans for Australia’s tallest tower
- Sep, 02, 2022
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural Structural Behavior Standards And Design Codes
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A Melbourne consortium has laid plans for Australia’s tallest building after lodging a development application for a $400 million twin-tower project on the Gold Coast. The landmark development, com...
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Banihal-Katra rail link in India’s J&K: new tunnel completed
- Sep, 01, 2022
- Structural Design Structural Systems Underground Structures Other Structural
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 9.8km tunnel on the Banihal-Katra railway link in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has been completed, the Press Trust of India reported citing officials. The tunnel has been designed to con...
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Geothermal energy spots: Scientists are planning a 'CAT scan' of a B.C. volcano
Scientists are planning a “CAT scan” of a British Columbia volcano to help harness the underground heat that turns rock into magma for renewable energy. “Canadians are often surprised to know there...
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Building collapse in Abuja, Nigeria – at least one fatality and two trapped
- Aug, 31, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Concrete Structures Structural Design Other Structural
- Nigeria
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A three-storey building collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja on Friday. At least one person has been confirmed dead while Channels Television had earlier reported that two persons were trapped an...
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New Zealand floods: 1,200 people displaced
- Aug, 31, 2022
- Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability Slope Stability Other Geotechnical
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Floods, that could take years to clean up and displaced at least 1,200 people from their homes in the top of the South Island, have been caused by torrential downpours that have battered New Zealand...
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Chile: a massive sinkhole just discovered
- Aug, 29, 2022
- Erosion Engineering Geology Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical
- Chile
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A sinkhole that opened up in Chile over the weekend could fit the Washington Monument inside. Officials are working to determine what caused the massive sinkhole near the mining town of Tierra Amaril...
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Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm: first power generation was announced
- Aug, 26, 2022
- Sustainable Development Other Structural Wind Engineering Structural Systems Performance-Based Design
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
SSE Renewables, and its partner Total Energies have announced first power generation from the Seagreen offshore wind farm, 27km off the coast of Angus in Scotland. The 1,075MW Seagreen offshore wind...
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