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Our built environment is aging and failing faster than we can maintain it. Recent building collapses and structural failures of roads and bridges are indicators of a problem that’s likely to get worse ...

Structural engineers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers (NIStructE), have urged the government to implement laws and building codes that will stem building failures ...

An apartment building that partially collapsed two days earlier can be seen Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. Five residents of the six-story apartment building remained unaccounted for and ...

NEW YORK ‒ On Monday, a seven-story tenement building in New York City partially collapsed, heaping a 12-foot mound of debris on the street and forcing over 170 people, including dozens of children, ...

According to AECAS, initial observations point to buckling and shear failure in isolated columns measuring approximately nine metres in height. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.

As we approach the three-year anniversary of the tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South, we may finally have answers as to the exact cause. The court-appointed firm investigating the tragedy ...

Crowds gather at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, as rescue crews assess the collapse of a multi-story prayer-hall building that failed during concrete placement.

PRELIMINARY findings reveal that substandard materials and illegal construction practices led to the four storey building collapse at the New Ahobilam Temple of Protection, in Redcliffe last Friday.

Preliminary investigations by the Nairobi City County Government indicate that the collapse of a residential building under ...