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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: TheCivilEngineer.org
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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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: TheCivilEngineer.org
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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Part of Miami building collapses onto sidewalk during demolition
- Sep, 23, 2023
- General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News General Construction Risk & Reliability
- United States, Florida, Miami
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Video footage has emerged, showing the moment that part of a building in Miami collapsed onto the sidewalk during demolition, in the afternoon of Saturday, September 23. Furthermore, the site where t...
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Demolition order issued for partially collapsed building in Detroit’s Eastern Market
- Sep, 16, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Damage (Structural) General Civil Risk & Reliability Structural Failures Other Structural General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Michigan, Detroit
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A demolition order was issued for a building in Eastern Market, Detroit, after it partially collapsed shortly before noon on Saturday, September 16. Furthermore, parts of the south façade collapsed...
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University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital breaks ground on $650M expansion
- Sep, 08, 2023
- General Construction General Civil Visualization News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, New York, Rochester
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital held a groundbreaking celebration for its $650 million expansion project on Friday, September 8. At the time of the event, enabling projects and ne...
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Potentially world’s largest known lithium deposit discovered in the US
- Aug, 30, 2023
- Energy Geotechnics Energy Engineering Sustainable Development Mining Other Geotechnical General Civil Geology Highlights News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Nevada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A new study published on August 30, suggests that the world's largest lithium reserve could be located in the McDermitt caldera, inside an extinct volcano, between Nevada and Oregon in the US. Lithi...
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India and Saudi Arabia sign agreement to connect their power grids through subsea cables
- Sep, 11, 2023
- Energy Engineering Sustainable Development General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on Monday, September 11, to connect their power grids via subsea cables. Furthermore, the agreement was signed by India’s Union minister for new and renewab...
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Storm Daniel wreaks havoc in Libya after Greece
- Sep, 10, 2023
- General Civil Dam Engineering Bridges Damage (Structural) Other Structural Other Geotechnical General Construction Hydraulic Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Libya
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
After causing extensive damage in Greece, Storm Daniel moved on to Libya, where it washed away entire neighborhoods and left thousands dead or missing. Libya has been subject to armed conflicts for...
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UN warns on the effects of sand dredging to the ocean floor and marine life
- Sep, 05, 2023
- Environmental Engineering Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical General Civil General Construction Hydraulic Engineering News On Research / Academia News On Publications News On Products & Services Other News
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Tuesday about the impact that sand dredging has on the ocean floor and marine life. Furthermore, UNEP’s Centre for Analytics, GRID-Geneva, has developed...
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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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