Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK (Cross UK) has issued a warning regarding the potential for the collapse of roofs with an “unusual” hybrid concrete and steel strand trusses, particularly those on "ageing" structures.
The report concerns the partial collapse of a roof at a primary school due to the failure…
Bridge collapses have been an ongoing topic for NCE’s news team right from the launch issue. The collapse of the Polcevera viaduct on the A10 in Genoa, Italy on 14 August 2018 killing 43 people and injuring a further 16 sent shockwaves through the industry. It happened just as we…
Unthinkable. It was the single word that captured a stunned reaction to the sight of the New York World Trade Center Twin Towers collapsing into a plume of dust on 11 September 2001. It was the word chosen for NCE’s cover as we raced to capture that dark moment in…
Failure in April 1978 of the Willow Island cooling tower in Wheeling, West Virginia – still considered the worst ever construction disaster in the United States – was perhaps the most significant event during my time on NCE. Fifty one men died when concrete failed during the tower’s 29th lift,…
The political wrangle which has held up repairs to Hammersmith Bridge pales in comparison to the enormous engineering challenge of repairing one of London’s most iconic Thames crossings.
With the river lapping below Hammersmith Bridge and autumn leaves beginning to fall on the banks either side of the crossing, it is…
The risk of a similar incident to the Miami apartment block collapse happening in the UK is “exceedingly small”, according to CROSS principal consultant Alastair Soane.
The 12 storey Champlain Towers, located in Surfside, Florida, collapsed on Thursday morning. The death toll currently stands at 11 with more than 100 people…
Issues which emerged during recent major infrastructure disasters were discussed at a recent ICE strategy session. Dame Hackitt, the government’s independent advisor on tall building safety, said many in the industry saw risk and safety issues as “somebody else’s problem”. Transport Scotland chief bridge engineer Hazel McDonald and ICE Council…
A building information modelling (BIM) model for a new Polcevera viaduct in Genoa, Italy, has revealed the technical details behind the road bridge, which is currently under construction.
Italferr, a subsidiary of the Italian state railways group Ferrovie dello Stato Italiano, has developed the technical design for the £180M new viaduct across…
An independent review into the partial collapse of the Toddbrook reservoir dam in Derbyshire is to be carried out to ensure current legislation which governs UK dam safety is “fit for purpose”.
A mass evacuation of people in the area around the dam took place last month after concrete panels on…
The last remaining sections of the Polcevera viaduct in Genoa, Italy have been demolished today, almost a year after part of the road bridge collapsed killing 43 people.
Demolition of the two remaining towers of the cable stayed bridge section on the eastern side of the viaduct, was carried out this…
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