The Key Bridge Collapse NTSB after action findings start to arrive, as we suspected there are a number of bridges at risk of ship strikes.
March 18, 2025 NTSB Report MIR-25-10 Safeguarding Bridges from Vessel Strikes:Need for Vulnerability Assessment and Risk Reduction Strategies
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A not very useful one is styles. Currently only one style is available, but hopefully management will create some additional styles, including one for members with old eyeballs (like me).
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This was reported by JStephen (Mechanical) in the I 195 (RI) bridge closure thread.
STEPHENS COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The “Mile Long” Bridge in Breckenridge will remain closed due to threat of collapse, causing a disaster declaration to remain in place for residents in that area...
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Nightmare continues for Australia's doomed tower residents | A Current Affair The results of engineering / construction / inspection fails being foisted on the purchasers need a political solution. 4 Year and still no resolution?
June 24, 2023 1:31pm EDT
Train derails into Montana's Yellowstone River
Multiple tanker cars were damaged and are leaking petroleum products near the Yellowstone River.
Location, pre accident...
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LA can not seem to get it's act together resolving the aftermath of the fireworks explosion
LAPD fireworks explosion: City tells victims to move out of hotel - Los Angeles Times; Feb 24, 2023
It took public shaming, but victims of LAPD’s fireworks explosion won’t be evicted...
Four substations attacked in Washington state, leaving thousands without power Location: Pierce County, Washington
Over 7,000 left without power after three Pierce County substation facilities attacked; KTVB
Vandals hit fourth Pierce County substation in Christmas Day attacks; Dec. 26, 2022...
NC county announces curfew as nearly 40,000 customers remain without power after 2 substations damaged by gunfire; Tina Burnside, By Nicole Grether, Gloria Pazmino and Tina Burnside, CNN Updated 6:12 PM EST, Sun December 4, 2022
Current outages link...
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With another cladding fire in Daubi - lets take a look at the progress in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
As the Grenfell Tower Inquiry prepares to return for closing statements, Peter Apps recaps some of the evidence relating to the testing, sale and certification of materials used...
thread815-486348 was closed, this is a continuation.
On August 15, 2021, about 5:29 a.m. local time, pipeline (line) 2000, a 30-inch diameter natural gas transmission pipeline owned and operated by Kinder Morgan, Inc. (Kinder Morgan) ruptured in a rural area in Coolidge, Arizona.
NTSB Opens...
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The final report from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board regarding the Pressure vessel explosion / BLEVE non April 3, 2017 has been published (July 29, 2022) at this link and attached below...
LNG Plant Explosion 06/10/22, Farm Journal
Raw video: Small explosion at Freeport LNG plant in Quintana
VIDEO: Explosion at Texas LNG Plant by Andreas Exarheas, Rigzone Staff, Thursday, June 09, 2022
This event could have been much worse, outage is initially expected to be 3 weeks. Significant...
March 28, 2022 A parking garage which was being demolished collapsed under the weigh of demolition machinery operating on the 9th floor.
March 30 MBTA immediately resumes Orange Line service after inspections following Boston garage collapse
April 1 MBTA’s plan to fully reopen Green Line...
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Report: LA bomb tech's warnings ignored before explosion - By STEFANIE DAZIO, Associated Press
A person identified as “Bomb Technician C” attempted to have the charge broken into smaller portions, but was overruled.
Link to report, The report is 35MB which exceeds the...
News 4 New York City December 17, 2021 10:05 pm
FDNY: Deadly Apartment Fire Caused by E-Bike Batteries
Event was DEC 16 2021
The cause of Thursday’s apartment building fire has been linked to lithium batteries from an electric bike. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
East 181st, (Bronx)...
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Grady at Practical Engineering presents the information contained in the FERC Inteport.
What Really Happened At Edenville and Sanford Dams? Practical Engineering
The report can be found here, https://www.damsafety.org/MI-Interim-Report and is attached. Geotechs will find the...
