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  1. dnathan

    Rural Bridge Collapse Immediately After Opening, pt. 2

    Looking at the links, I've done a photo analysis (see photo attached). I guess part of this was covered in the 1st thread. Nonetheless, a quick photo-forensics analysis of the photos (before and after collapse) shows two number 5-pile-groups. A "5-pile-group" is this case is a group of...
  2. dnathan

    Rural Bridge Collapse Immediately After Opening, pt. 2

    And the disciplinary hearings begin: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-bridge-engineneer-1.6479162 Should have ended by now...no news yet. When a client insists that there's no need for geotechnical investigations and the Engineer accepts to continue with the work, the Engineer...
  3. dnathan

    Apartment Building Collapse - Egypt

    no comments from professional bodies in all building collapses, i wonder!
  4. dnathan

    Bangladesh Dhaka building collapse leaves 70 dead

    This might be the key to failure on this building: 1. [...Poor building design is only one part of the problem, however. The best building design in the world is for naught if a construction firm doesn't follow the plans precisely. ...]: 2. [...> Major problem came from the design and...
  5. dnathan

    Harbin Bridge Collapse

    A quick look at the facts from the photos From the photos, it is very clear that the whole span of the bridge was intact even after it had fallen. The falling seems to have been from an overturning effect. photo And as such the news is that the 4 large overloaded cargo trucks were all on one...
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