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...
Read MoreDespite being banned or heavily regulated in many parts of the world, asbestos remains a dangerous and often overlooked threat. Recent reports from Japan and Gaza serve as grim reminders that asbesto...
Read MoreOn 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...
Read MoreOn April 8, 2025, the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, became the site of a devastating structural collapse during a merengue concert. The tragedy, which occurred in seconds, h...
Read MoreSpain’s mining heartland was shaken on March 31, 2025, when a powerful explosion at the Cerredo coal mine in Degana, Asturias, claimed the lives of five miners and injured four others. The blast occu...
Read MoreIt’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...
Read MoreIn the wake of a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake centered nearly 1,000 kilometers away in Myanmar, Bangkok is grappling with the catastrophic collapse of a high-rise building still under constructi...
Read MoreYou 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 March 2025. Namely, these were: 1) Hydro...
Read MoreWhen 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...
Read MoreIn 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...
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