A Serbian court on Saturday ordered 10 people, including a former minister, to be detained for up to 30 days over the collapse of a concrete awning at Novi Sad…

A partial roof collapse at a recently renovated train station in the Serbian city of Novi Sad on Friday killed 14 people and seriously injured three. A six-year-old girl was…

Two Singaporean companies who owned the ship that rammed into and brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge have agreed to pay just under $102m to settle a claim filed…

An international expert has warned that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip over the past year has exposed many of the 2.1 million people trapped there to deadly…

American construction company Kiewit has won a $73m contract from the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) to design and build a replacement for the I-695 Francis Scott Key Bridge. This collapsed…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed a further €2bn to help rebuild areas in central Italy damaged by earthquakes in 2016 and 2017. Half the money will be a…

Rescuers have now found the bodies of 15 people who died when a highway bridge collapsed in flash floods in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Xinhua reports. Many are still missing…

Skanska has won a $50m recovery and salvage contract from the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed on 26 March after being hit by…

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) has issued a request for proposals for design-and-build teams to reconstruct the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed on 26 March after being hit by…

Italian contractor Webuild has put forward a proposal to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed on the 26 March after being hit by a container ship.…

Building permits for apartments in Germany fell by 18% in February compared with February 2023, official statistics reveal. The Federal Statistical Office said the figure was 35% less than in…

Rescue teams were searching for survivors today after an out-of-control container ship struck one of the supports of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, causing its whole central…

Five workers were killed and three seriously injured after part of a building collapsed on a construction site in Florence, Italy It happened Friday morning when a prefabricated concrete beam…

The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced $729m in funding to repair roads and bridges damaged by hurricanes, flooding and mudslides, and to improve their resilience to future disasters.…

The city of Bologna has begun a €4.3m project to prepare for the possible collapse of its famous, leaning Garisenda Tower, completed in 1119. The 48m-high structure leans at 4…

Four workers were killed on Monday and another was left with life-threatening injuries after scaffolding collapsed at a major building site in the German city of Hamburg. The incident occurred…

Four labourers and a pedestrian were killed and two people injured when the third floor of an under-construction building collapsed in Shah Faisal Colony in the city of Karachi, Pakistan.…

Jenny Shipley, New Zealand’s prime minister between 1997 and 1999, has been ordered to pay US$3.9m after the collapse of the Mainzeal construction company, for which she was a director.…