Articles Tagged with ''Building collapse''

Internal partial collapse of six-story office building in Madrid undergoing renovations resulted in the death of four workers and injured three, according to local authorities.

The work on one of the garage's load-bearing piers was not permitted and no shoring was used, according to a report released by the New York City Dept. of Buildings.

An initial investigation into the collapse of a government office tower under construction in Bangkok that killed 18 has turned up low-quality construction materials.

NYC is seeking stricter enforcement of parking garage inspections

Workers were rescued from a partially collapsed building in New Haven, Conn., on June 2, including two critically injured workers. 

Months before a six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, partially collapsed May 28, a structural engineer advised the property owner that an unexpected void space had been discovered during repairs to a damaged area of the exterior brick wall.

Six-story Davenport apartment structure had been undergoing exterior brick wall repairs prior to partial collapse on May 28, with two people feared still inside and dead. 

A report released following a fatal New York City parking garage collapse revealed dozens of garages in the city need immediate repair.

New York City Fire Dept. preliminary probe also noted the age of the nearly century old structure, as Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg opens an investigation into the incident, which killed one person and injured several others

One person was killed and several others injured when a four-story parking garage in lower Manhattan collapsed April 18.