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Construction crane segment collapses onto downtown Florida bridge
- Apr, 04, 2024
- Structural Failures General Civil General Construction Other Structural Damage (Structural) Forensics Bridges News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Florida, Fort Lauderdale
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A section of a construction crane collapsed onto a downtown Fort Lauderdale bridge, where it hit two cars on the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, 2024. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue (FLFR) released a s...
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Temporary elevator failure causes five fatalities on Swedish construction site
- Dec, 11, 2023
- General Construction General Civil Other Structural Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Sweden, Stockholm
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A temporary elevator, used on a construction site in Stockholm, failed on Monday, December 11, causing the loss of five workers’ lives. Furthermore, the incident took place on a site located in Sund...
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Passenger train derailed near Cairo, Egypt
- Mar, 07, 2023
- General Civil Transportation Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Egypt, Qalyub
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A derailment took place on Tuesday night, when a train heading from Cairo to Menouf, a city in the Nile delta, crashed on a concrete buffer stop. More specifically, the accident took place in the...
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Damaged water main in Nottingham, UK has water flying over houses
- Mar, 07, 2023
- Underground Structures Other Geotechnical General Civil Transportation Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United Kingdom, Nottingham
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A large water pipe was damaged in the area of Beeston in Nottingham, UK on Tuesday afternoon. Severn Trent, the water provider responsible for the water main, stated that damage to the pipe was ca...
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Subway bridge collapses in Mexico City: At least 24 casualties
At least 24 people have died after a subway overpassed collapsed in Mexico City. The incident occurred on May 3, 2021, at about 10:30 pm (local time) near Mexico City's Olivos station on a recently...
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