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Paving the Way: Innovative Solutions for Pothole Prevention and Repair
- Jul, 19, 2024
- General Civil Transportation Engineering Repair And Retrofit Of Structures News On Products & Services News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Understanding the Pothole Problem Potholes are more than just a nuisance; they pose significant dangers to road users and incur substantial repair costs. The formation of potholes begins with micros...
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15-year plan to rebuild the Northeast Corridor rail network released
- Nov, 16, 2023
- Transportation Engineering General Civil General Construction Construction Management Repair And Retrofit Of Structures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A $136-billion plan on the state-of-good-repair and improvement of the Northeast Corridor rail network was released on November 16 by the Northeast Corridor Commission. Furthermore, the 15-year plan...
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A landmark bridge in Grimsby, expected to reopen in December, will remain closed due to extensive deterioration
- Oct, 13, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Bridges Structural Failures Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Other Structural
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A £5 million restoration project on the Corporation Road Bridge, mainly concerning a landmark bridge, began in February and was scheduled for completion by December. However, during the grit-blasting...
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A case study on the repair of West Seattle Bridge
- Sep, 17, 2022
- Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Tendons Bridges Structural Health Monitoring Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Washington, Seattle
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The West Seattle Bridge is a cantilevered segmental bridge with a maximum clearance of 140 ft (43 m) and a total length of 2,607 ft (795 m), that connects West Seattle to the city’s greater metropoli...
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Maintenance and repair of aging buildings at North Carolina universities require a budget of $6.4 billion
- Sep, 19, 2023
- Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Concrete Structures Structural Reliability Structural Stability Structural Behavior Other Structural Standards And Design Codes
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
WRAL Investigates acquired a report showing that the cost of renovating all buildings within the UNC System and bringing them up to acceptable standards would be nearly $6.4 billion. This 2021 report...
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Digital twins of buildings can contribute to the reduction of environmental carbon emissions
- Sep, 18, 2023
- Structural Health Monitoring Performance-Based Design Structural Control Other Structural Sustainable Development Repair And Retrofit Of Structures
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A recent white paper, entitled "Decarbonizing the Built World: A Call to Action," argues that digital...
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Water main burst in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India
- Aug, 23, 2023
- General Civil General Construction Other Structural Underground Structures Repair And Retrofit Of Structures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India, Mumbai
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A water main burst in front of the Twinkle Apartments in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India, shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23. What has been known so far is that the water main pipe had...
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Storm rips off the wall of a 12th floor apartment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- May, 19, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Damage (Structural) Structural Reliability Walls Wood Structures Wind Engineering Other Structural Repair And Retrofit Of Structures General Construction General Civil Construction Management News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The wall of a 12th floor apartment in Kuala Lumpur was ripped off during a thunderstorm on Friday, May 19. Furthermore, the event took place in the Loke Yew building, which consists of public housin...
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100-year-old 5-storey building collapses in Instabul
- Apr, 06, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Health Monitoring Structural Control Other Structural Repair And Retrofit Of Structures General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Turkey, İstanbul
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 100-year-old 5-storey abandoned building collapsed in Istanbul on Thursday, April 6. Furthermore, the collapsed building of Beyazıt Han was located in the Karaköy district of Istanbul and was a...
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Serious cracks forced the closure of the Servia Bridge in northern Greece
- Apr, 04, 2023
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Structural Reliability Repair And Retrofit Of Structures
- Greece
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Following major cracks in four tendons between the sixth and seventh piers, the Servia Bridge in Western Macedonia in northern Greece, has been closed to all vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tons. T...
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