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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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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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Wood Floor Truss Collapse: A Comprehensive Case Study
- Oct, 20, 2018
- Trusses Structural Failures Forensic Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, South Carolina, Clemson
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Incident On October 20, 2018, a tragic event occurred at The Woodlands at Clemson. The clubhouse floor collapsed early on a Sunday morning, during an annual homecoming weekend party, resulting in...
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