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At least 20 under-construction homes destroyed by fire in Vaughan, Ontario
- Apr, 12, 2023
- Construction Management Other Structural General Construction General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Canada, Vaughan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A massive fire destroyed at least 20 $2-million-houses of a new under-construction development in Vaughan, Ontario, on Wednesday. The fire started around 1 p.m., local time, on Wednesday and took a...
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Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes Northern California, U.S.A.
- Apr, 11, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, California , Cobb
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake took place in Lake County, California, late on Tuesday. More specifically, the earthquake struck at 10.39 p.m., and was located 7.4 kilometers from northwest Cobb and rou...
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Airborne excavator used for the demolition of collapsed motorway bridge in Spain
- Apr, 07, 2023
- Bridge Management Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Spain
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A video has emerged of an airborne excavator used in Spain for the demolition of a collapsed motorway bridge, which appears to be on the A-6 motorway. More specifically, the video shows a hanging exc...
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100-year-old 5-storey building collapses in Instabul
- Apr, 06, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Health Monitoring Structural Control Other Structural Repair And Retrofit Of Structures General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Turkey, İstanbul
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 100-year-old 5-storey abandoned building collapsed in Istanbul on Thursday, April 6. Furthermore, the collapsed building of Beyazıt Han was located in the Karaköy district of Istanbul and was a...
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The Hollandse Kust Noord offshore grid connection deemed "grid ready"
- Mar, 31, 2023
- Energy Engineering Offshore Geotechnics Green Infrastructure Wind Engineering General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Netherlands
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm is located 18.5 km offshore the town of Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. The 69-turbine farm is scheduled to be operational in 2023 and has an installed capacity...
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Passenger train derailed in the Netherlands after collision with construction crane
- Apr, 04, 2023
- Transportation Engineering Construction Management General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Netherlands, Voorschoten
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A passenger train collided with a crane near Voorschoten, the Netherlands, around 3.25 a.m. in the early morning of Tuesday. The authorities reported that the train was carrying at least 50 people...
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An EF4 rated tornado hit Mississippi, U.S.A.
- Mar, 24, 2023
- Other Structural Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Environmental Engineering General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Mississippi
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A devastating tornado hit the state of Mississippi during the night hours of Friday, March 24. The tornado received an EF4 rating, which has top wind gusts ranging between 265km/h and 320 km/h, ac...
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Freight train derailed in Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Mar, 23, 2023
- Transportation Engineering General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Massachusetts, Ayer
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A freight train was derailed in Ayer, Massachusetts, on Thursday, March 23. More specifically, the derailment involved at least five of the train’s cars, which were reportedly carrying 10 container...
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Lake Polyfytos Bridge in Greece is closed for at least a month due to structural damage
- Mar, 16, 2023
- Bridges Bridge Management Repair And Retrofit Of Structures Damage (Structural) Other Structural News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Greece
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Lake Polyfytos Bridge, in Greece, has been closed due to structural damage. More specifically, cracks and structural damage were spotted on the bridge, which was deemed unsafe by officials on M...
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Classroom swallowed by sinkhole in Zimbabwe
- Mar, 16, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils General Civil Other Geotechnical Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Zimbabwe, Kwekwe
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A sinkhole appeared under a primary school classroom in the city of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe on Thursday, March 16. The sinkhole was attributed, by the ZimLive news outlet of Zimbabwe, to illegal mining act...
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