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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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Storm rips off the wall of a 12th floor apartment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- May, 19, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Damage (Structural) Structural Reliability Walls Wood Structures Wind Engineering Other Structural Repair And Retrofit Of Structures General Construction General Civil Construction Management News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The wall of a 12th floor apartment in Kuala Lumpur was ripped off during a thunderstorm on Friday, May 19. Furthermore, the event took place in the Loke Yew building, which consists of public housin...
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Crane collapse into an apartment building in Dallas
A crane collapsed into an apartment building killing at least one person in Dallas. The incident occurred on Sunday, June 9, 2019. The crane fell onto the eastern side of the residential building d...
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