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Heritage Lost: Winter Storm Claims 175-year-old Ravenscourt Grade II Listed Building
- Jan, 15, 2025
- Structural Failures General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The brutal winter storm sweeping through the UK and Europe has claimed its latest victim: the 175-year-old Ravenscourt, a Grade II listed building on the Isle of Wight. The Italianate-style villa, p...
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Rescue and Reflection: Structural Collapse at Kannauj Railway Station
- Jan, 11, 2025
- Structural Failures Forensics General Civil General Construction Railway Geotechnics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A tragic structural collapse at the under-construction terminal of Kannauj Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh, India, highlighted the critical importance of safety in construction. On January 11, 2025,...
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Civil Engineering News Recap of December 2024
- Jan, 09, 2025
- General Civil General Construction Structural Design Energy Engineering Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure Structural Failures Forensics Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Blasting Effects Other Structural Construction Management Tunneling
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of November 2024. Namely, these were: 1) M...
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Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Tragedy: Fatal Tunnel Collapse Sparks Investigation
- Dec, 16, 2024
- Structural Failures Tunneling News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- India, Mumbai
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Tragedy struck on Saturday when a worker lost their life following a partial collapse at an under-construction tunnel on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Kota district. Three other workers...
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Cairo’s Deadly Building Collapse: 8 Dead, Safety in Question
- Dec, 10, 2024
- Structural Failures Forensic Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Egypt, Cairo
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
On December 10, 2024, a six-story apartment building in Cairo’s Waili neighborhood collapsed, claiming the lives of at least eight residents and leaving three others injured. Constructed in the 1960s...
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Solar Farms and Wind Turbines Tested and Failed by Storm Darragh
- Dec, 09, 2024
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Forensics Green Infrastructure Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Storm Darragh has highlighted the vulnerabilities of renewable energy infrastructure to extreme weather events. Among the hardest-hit facilities was the Porth Wen Solar Farm in Anglesey, North Wales....
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The Devastating Floods in Valencia: A Call for Enhanced Engineering Solutions
- Oct, 29, 2024
- Forensics Forensic Engineering Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Spain, Valencia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The recent catastrophic floods in Valencia have highlighted the urgent need for better engineering and flood management solutions. With over 210 lives tragically lost in Valencia, and additional fata...
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Race Against Time: Dresden's Bridge Collapse and Imminent Flood Threat
- Sep, 11, 2024
- Bridges Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Germany, Dresden
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Dresden's Carolabrücke Bridge Collapses Amid Flooding Fears Emergency services in Dresden are working tirelessly to remove the remains of the Carolabrücke bridge, which partially collapsed into the...
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Dam Burst in Poland Unleashes Destructive Floodwaters
- Sep, 15, 2024
- Dam Engineering Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Poland, Stronie Śląskie
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
On September 15, the town of Stronie Śląskie in Poland was devastated by a dam burst, flooding the area with torrents of muddy water. Triggered by heavy rainfall from Storm Boris, the dam on the Mora...
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University of Benin Building Collapse: All Students Rescued, Investigation Underway
- Sep, 15, 2024
- Structural Failures Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Nigeria
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Edo State Government has confirmed that all students trapped in a collapsed three-storey building near the University of Benin have been successfully rescued. Fortunately, there were no fatalitie...
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