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Building collapse in Havana's old town: at least three fatalities and two injuries
- Oct, 05, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Cuba
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A residential building collapsed in Havana, the Cuban capital, late on Tuesday night local time. Three people were killed, including a 79-year-old resident who was found beneath the debris on Wednesd...
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Lightning strike causes explosion in Oxfordshire recycling plant
- Oct, 02, 2023
- General Civil Landfill Engineering Risk & Reliability News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United Kingdom, Cassington
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A lightning strike caused an explosion at a food waste recycling plant, which lit up Oxfordshire’s night sky on the evening of Monday, October 2. Furthermore, the event took place at the Cassington...
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Announcing the Publication of the 2023 Geotechnical Business Directory
GeoWorld has just published its 2023 Geotechnical Business Directory. The directory is published with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This i...
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Timber structure built by pre-sapiens carpenters was discovered by researchers
- Oct, 03, 2023
- Structural Design Wood Structures Performance-Based Design Structural Behavior Structural Stability Other Structural
- Zambia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The world's oldest known timber structure was excavated at Kalambo Falls in Zambia. Archaeologists found this structure, which was constructed by humans prior to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a di...
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Croatia requires a workforce of 30,000 people to meet its 2030 energy efficiency targets in the building sector
- Oct, 02, 2023
- Sustainable Development Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural
- Croatia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
According to the Croatia Green Building Council, Croatia will require approximately 30,000 employees per year in order to achieve its 2030 energy efficiency goals in the building sector. More specifi...
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Karl von Terzaghi was born on this day in 1883 and you can read all about him on Geoengineer.org!
The father of soil mechanics, Karl von Terzaghi, was born on this day in 1883 and Geoengineer.org has a section dedicated to him! Here you can find information about him in our “on this day” section...
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Drilling for Stuttgart 21 project’s 56km tunnels marks completion
- Sep, 29, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Germany
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A significant milestone was reached in the Stuttgart 21 project with the final tunneling breakthrough taking place in the city’s airport tunnel on September the 14th. Furthermore, the Stuttgart 21 p...
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World’s largest 3D printed campus is constructed in India
- Sep, 28, 2023
- Structural Design Performance-Based Design Other Structural Sustainable Development
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
As reported by ETGovernment.com in India, Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhry, the Director General of Border Roads, recently inspected the construction of the Himank Air Dispatch Unit, slated to beco...
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European Union announces €7 billion sustainable transport funding
- Sep, 26, 2023
- Transportation Engineering Transportation Geotechnics General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Europe
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
The European Commission announced on September 26 the launch of a €7 billion funding program for the development of sustainable key transport infrastructure, under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF...
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New study finds that the fastest ever underwater flow was triggered by 2022 Tonga eruption
A new study, published on September 7 in the science magazine, showed that the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai submarine volcano in January 2022 caused the fastest underwater flow ever reco...
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