Articles Tagged with ''failure''

A second lawsuit has been filed in Cook County Circuit Court in an accident that caused two workers to fall June 6 from scaffolding at a project in Chicago.

The small headline of the Engineering News article shown here belies the gravity of the disaster: the deadliest dam failure in U.S. history.

Structural engineer will probe the causes of the fatal collapse last April at 57 Ann Street in Lower Manhattan.

Damage assessment is still underway.

One of Rhode Island's busiest bridges has been closed due to structural degradation.

The North Carolina Dept. of Labor issued fines to two Charlotte-based companies for safety violations after three workers fell to their deaths and two others were injured in January.

The public has until May 16 to submit comments on the draft of the first U.S. consensus standard addressing disproportionate collapse of structures.

Investigators probing the trigger of the progressive collapse of a section of the Florida residential condominium are preparing a computer model of the unstable 12-story tower remains to advise about vacating rescuers in the event of a hurricane. 

With the days getting hotter and tropical activity picking up in the Gulf of Mexico, concerns are mounting.