Hammersmith & Fulham Council has approved the demolition of two residential towers because of concerns about their structural safety.
The Hartopp and Lannoy Points, identical 14-storey towers, were constructed between 1968 and 1970 using the large panel system (LPS). The council’s engineers said that while the buildings have performed satisfactorily over their 45 years of use,…
The collapse of a school roof has prompted a leading structural safety body to put out a warning for buildings built using the same reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) planks.
The report concludes that the collapse occurred with little warning and that a similar, near failure was reported in 2019 in…
While the catastrophic fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral unfolded, the role played by renovators on site was quickly put under the spotlight.
Investigators looking into the cause of the fire have now quizzed contractors carrying out renovation work on the 12th century building’s roof and spire at the time of the…
Hammersmith Bridge in West London has been forced to close indefinitely after ‘critical faults’ were discovered.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which is responsible for the bridge, gave little details of the latest revelation except to say the faults were discovered during weekly inspections, triggering safety concerns and the bridge’s…
The latest ICE Learning Hub update includes an online programme on bridge failure.
It outlines causes of failure, and explores current approaches to and future techniques for assessing scour. The Liveable Cities series has also been updated with a look at city governance. Other new learning programmes include “Micro-processes affecting marine…
The contractor responsible for building the collapsed Florida International University (FIU) bridge has filed for bankruptcy, almost one year after the fatal collapse.
Munilla Construction management (MCM) released a statement to say that after 35 years of trading it had filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.…
Under-designed beams, partially grouted joints and construction and material deficiencies were responsible for the damage to the evacuated A$165M (£91M) Opal tower in Sydney, Australia, a final independent report has found.
It found a number of problems with the design and construction of the reinforced concrete building which has post-tensioned concrete…
The £10M permanent repairs to the Forth Road Bridge are now complete following a major structural failure in 2015.
A permanent repair was carried out in four stages after one of eight truss end links – the steel link connecting the deck to a tower – fractured in December 2015 and…
The next phase of demolition works of the Polcevera viaduct in Genoa, Italy, has begun with the removal of the 40m deck spans between the piers.
Mayor and commissioner for the motorway bridge’s reconstruction Marco Bucci said the bridge deck sections would be cut near the piers and then lowered to…
Five people including two engineers, who worked on a Brazilian dam before it collapsed, have been arrested according to Sao Paulo state prosecutors.
The tailings dam, which held sludge and waste material from the Córrego do Feijão mining site, burst last Friday killing 65 people with another 279 still missing. Reuters…
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