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Congo: Bridge collapses during ribbon-cutting ceremony
- Sep, 08, 2022
- Bridges Damage (Structural) Structural Failures
- Republic of the Congo
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Sharply-suited dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge in the Congolese capital on Monday only for the structure to collapse beneath their feet to the barely concealed delight of onlookers, v...
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Southwest China: 6.8-magnitude earthquake leaves at least 46 dead
- Sep, 06, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- China
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are a...
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Building collapse in Abuja, Nigeria – at least one fatality and two trapped
- Aug, 31, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Concrete Structures Structural Design Other Structural
- Nigeria
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A three-storey building collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja on Friday. At least one person has been confirmed dead while Channels Television had earlier reported that two persons were trapped an...
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Βuilding collapse in Lagos: two children dead
- Aug, 24, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Concrete Structures Structural Behavior Other Structural
- Nigeria
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday confirmed that bodies of the two children were recovered in the incident. The children have died following the collapse of a building in...
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: at least six fatalities in building collapse
- Aug, 22, 2022
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Concrete Structures Other Structural
- Ethiopia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least six people were killed in a building collapse Saturday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, according to a police source. The accident happened when a warehouse collapsed in the Mercat...
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Building collapse in Surjani Town, Pakistan: one fatality and ten injuries
- Aug, 22, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Standards And Design Codes Structural Design Concrete Structures Structural Stability
- Pakistan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An under-construction building in Surjani Town, Pakistan, collapsed. One person died and ten others sustained injuries, two of them in critical condition. According to details, a ground plus four-...
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Bridge in China cracks due to buckling under high temperatures
- Aug, 19, 2022
- Bridges Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Buckling Structural Loads Other Structural
- China
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In engineering, buckling is a failure mode characterized by a sudden failure of a structural member subjected to high compressive stresses, where the actual compressive stresses at failure are smalle...
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Norway wooden bridge collapse: Drivers of two vehicles rescued
- Aug, 17, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Bridges Wood Structures Structural Failures Other Structural
- Denmark
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A wooden bridge over a river in southern Norway collapsed early Monday, with a car plunging into the water and a truck getting stuck on a raised section. The drivers of both vehicles were rescued and...
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7.0-magnitude earthquake hit northern Philippines: at least four fatalities, 60 injuries
- Aug, 05, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures
- Philippines
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). At least four people have died and 60 others were injured in the powerful earthquake that...
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Dasmariñas bridge collapse: eight fatalities - the body of last missing victim found
- Aug, 04, 2022
- Bridges Bridge Management Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural
- Philippines
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Authorities found Thursday, July 28, the last missing victim in the collapse of a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV on Tuesday evening, July 26. On July 27, authorities...
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