Major hazards in construction campaign news
What causes construction failures?
NCE has this week pledged its support for a major new Health & Safety Executive (HSE)-backed study into the causes and consequences of major failures and collapses in construction.
NCE Engineering Disaster reports
Two senior officials arrested after under-construction bridge collapses killing 40 in India
Police have arrested two senior officials from contractors Hyundai and Gammon India have been arrested following the collapse of an under-construction bridge over the Chambal river near Kota in Rajasthan on Christmas Eve.
Belfast road collapses above void triggered by tunnelling
An air void disturbed by tunnelling work 12 months ago has been blamed for the collapse of one of Belfast’s busiest roads last weekend.
Five dead in Andorra bridge collapse
At least five are dead and a further six injured following the collapse of a bridge under construction in the small principality of Andorra, the mountain state on the French-Spanish border in the Pyrenees Mountains.
Failed connection shuts Oakland Bay Bridge
San Francisco’s Oakland Bay Bridge was shut for six days last week following the near-catastrophic failure of a recently repaired structural steel member.
11 die in Kenyan building collapse
Eleven people have died after a three-storey building collapsed in Nairobi.
Collapsed Irish bridge was due for inspection
An Irish railway viaduct which collapsed into the sea was due to undergo a full inspection in October, it has been revealed.
54 missing and 8 dead following Russian hydro plant blast
A huge blast has hit the huge Russian hydroelectric plant at Sayano-Shushenskaya, killing eight and leaving a further 54 unaccounted for.
Two die in Madonna stage roof collapse
Investigators were this week examining the lift sequence for a concert stage roof in Marseille, France after it collapsed during construction, killing two workers.
São Paulo collapse contractor rejects blame
The consortium working at São Paulo’s Pinheiros station that suffered a fatal tunnel collapse in January 2007, has hit back at claims it was responsible for systemic failures of design and risk management (NCE 25 June).
Cologne collapse: no compensation grouting used for archive building
Cologne’s City archive building had not been underpinned or compensation grouted despite its proximity to the underground works being carried out for the Cologne North-South light railway, a Cologne transit authority Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB) spokesman revealed today.
NCE is supporting the Health & Safety Executive in carrying out a survey of major hazards in construction.
