by Structural News | Jun 11, 2012 | Construction, Controversy |
The new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (left), still under construction Caltrans, the name for the California Department of Transportation, has called for the retraction of a recent Sacramento Bee investigative piece that claims the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay...
by Structural News | Jun 8, 2012 | Controversy, Historical, Structural Security, Structures |
The recent earthquake in Italy has a reported death toll of 25, making it the most deadly quake to strike the region since the 2009 earthquake that leveled the city of L’Aquila and killed over 300. Both quakes highlight a serious problem faced by experts, scientists...
by Structural News | Jun 7, 2012 | Controversy |
A modern apartment with a view of central park How much would you pay for a duplex penthouse apartment overlooking Central Park in downtown New York City? If the number thought of is more than $115 million dollars, then the One57, a 90-storey residential skyscraper in...
by Structural News | Jun 5, 2012 | Construction, Controversy, Structures |
Recently, Structural News brought you the story of the Bethlehem Steel Administration Building and its slated demolition. The building sits over a large swath of land which at one time housed a steel manufacturing plant that in the mid-1960s employed 20,000 American...
by Structural News | Jun 1, 2012 | Construction, Controversy, Structures |
The Anglo Irish Bank Building, located on the North Wall of Dublin’s Docklands, has undergone an extraordinary number of setbacks in its going-on-five-years of construction. The headquarters building project began as an expensive, hi-tech testament to the bank’s...
by Structural News | May 31, 2012 | Controversy, Demolition, Safety, Threat |
A recent, memorial day deck collapse in Atlanta has underscored the need for progress in the area of deck safety. 7 People were injured Sunday, May 27th when a deck that was holding a weekend celebration to kick off the official start of summer suddenly collapsed....
