News 26 killed as railway bridge collapses in India 26 workers have been killed and two have been injured following the collapse of an under construction railway bridge in India’s north eastern Mizoram state. Reuters reports that between 28…
News 20 killed following collapse in Maharashtra Twenty construction workers have been killed and three injured by the collapse of girder installing machine at a road building project in the west Indian state of Maharashtra. The collapse…
News ‘Extremely lucky’: Crane fire causes potentially fatal collapse in New York Officials in New York praised luck after a tower crane’s engine compartment burst into flames, causing its boom and 16 tons of concrete it was carrying to plunge onto the…
News Chinese police arrest construction bosses after gym roof collapse Police in the northeast Chinese city of Qiqihar have arrested the management team of a construction company suspected of illegally storing building materials on the roof of the school gymnasium…
News Two killed, six injured after Japan bridge girder fails A collapsing bridge girder has killed two construction workers and injured another six in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture, 80km southwest of Tokyo. The accident occurred when a 65m-long girder, which was…
News Zaha Hadid Architects unveils replacement for collapsed Miami condo Dubai developer Damac International has announced plans to build a 12-storey condominium, designed by UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), to replace the building that collapsed in the town of…
News Crews work 24/7 to replace collapsed highway bridge in Philadelphia The state of Pennsylvania and the US Federal Highway Administration together this week released $10m in emergency funds to start replacing a section of elevated highway in Philadelphia destroyed by…