News 15 dead, many missing after highway bridge collapse in China 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…
News Skanska to salvage remains of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge 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…
News Tender launched to rebuild collapsed Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge 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…
News Webuild offers cable-stayed design to replace Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge 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.…
Markets ‘It can’t go on like this’: Germany’s housebuilding crisis deepens 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…
News Container ship completely destroys major bridge in Baltimore 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…
News Five die on Florence site after concrete beam fails 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…
News US creates $729m fund to repair roads damaged by natural disasters 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.…
News Bologna moves to shore up Italy’s other leaning tower 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…
News Four killed in Hamburg scaffolding collapse 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…
News Five killed by building collapse at Karachi site 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.…
News Former prime minister of New Zealand ordered to pay millions following company collapse 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.…
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…