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Construction crane’s boom falls on metro train in Taichung, Taiwan
- May, 10, 2023
- Transportation Engineering Risk & Reliability Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Taiwan, Taichung
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A construction crane’s boom fell from the top of a building on a moving metro train in Taichung, Taiwan, on May 10, around 12.29 p.m. More specifically, the crane was reported as being dismantled fr...
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Brazil building collapse: at least 6 fatalities
- May, 03, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Brazil
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Authorities reported that the collapse of an apartment building in the northeastern Brazilian city of Olinda caused at least six fatalities. The collapse occurred on Thursday night in the Jardim Atlâ...
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An under construction Bailey bridge over the Bheri river collapsed: two fatalities and seven injuries
- Apr, 26, 2023
- Bridges Bridge Design Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Nepal
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An under construction Bailey bridge that was being constructed across the Thuli Bheri river in Tallubagar of Jajarkot district collapsed on Thursday, causing four fatalities and seven injuries; three...
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A parking garage collapsed in Manhattan: one fatality
- Apr, 20, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural Standards And Design Codes
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A parking garage, which was a four-story building located on Ann Street in Lower Manhattan, collapsed on Tuesday. The collapse caused the death of one person and the injury of five others; four of th...
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Bridge collapse in Colombia: 2 fatalities, 15 people injured
- Apr, 19, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Colombia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Authorities in Colombia are investigating the reason behind a bridge collapse in the western part of the country that killed two police officers. Four trucks fell into the void during the incident, r...
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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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Marseille building collapse: at least six fatalities
- Apr, 11, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Blasting Effects Other Structural
- France
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An explosion destroyed a four-story apartment building in Marseille, a city in southern France. The explosion took place on Sunday at 00:49 local time (22:49 GMT on Saturday). Investigators are looki...
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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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Slab collapses in Goa's Mapusa: 5 workers injured
A concrete slab of an under-construction building collapsed on Sunday in Mapusa, injuring five workers. An eyewitness report stated that the incident happened at 12.30 on Sunday afternoon in the vici...
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A bridge in Bhoranj collapsed hours after the shutters were removed
- Apr, 03, 2023
- Bridges Bridge Design Damage (Structural) Structural Failures
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A bridge, that was still being built, collapsed close to the village of Jahu in the Public Works Department's (PWD) Bhoranj district. No employees were on the scene when the incident occurred, and fo...
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