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Fatal structural collapse in Gebze: A tragic reminder of urban construction risks
- Oct, 29, 2025
- Structural Failures Standards And Design Codes Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Turkey, Gebze
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In the early hours of October 29, 2025, a seven-storey apartment building in the northwestern Turkish city of Gebze collapsed, trapping a family of five beneath the rubble. Rescue teams from the Disa...
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Bangkok 30 storey Audit Office Collapse Attributed to Construction Defects
- Jul, 02, 2025
- Forensics Forensic Engineering Structural Failures Structural Analysis Walls News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Thailand, Bangkok
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
On March 28, 2025, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake originating in central Myanmar caused the collapse of a 30-storey State Audit Office building under construction in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district. It was...
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Ikorodu Construction Collapse Claims Three Lives
- May, 28, 2025
- Structural Failures Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Nigeria, Ikorodu
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
On May 28, 2025, a two-storey building under construction collapsed near Ota-Ona Junction in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The structure, located behind a bungalow and situated near a Mobil Filling Station,...
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When Ceilings Fall: Jet Set Nightclub Collapse Kills 225 in Dominican Republic
- Apr, 11, 2025
- Roofs Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
On 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...
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