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Sydney Crane Crash Caught on Tape

2012-11-27T00:50:00-05:00

The moment whereby a burning crane which caught fire on a construction site snapped and fell on top of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) building on Broadway in inner Sydney this morning has been caught on tape. A video, which was filmed by a passer-by and supplied to Channel Nine, shows the upper portion of the crane above the main boom tip collapsing onto the building rooftop.

Atlantic City boardwalk collapse as Hurricane Sandy slams coast

2012-10-30T13:19:00-04:00

According to police, the famed boardwalk's north end is collapsing.This is happening while wave heights 100 miles off the coast of New Jersey are likely to hit 30 feet or more.

50 feet of Seaside Heights' Funtown Pier collapse from Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30T13:11:00-04:00

About 50 feet of the Funtown Pier at Seaside Heights Boardwalk has collapsed and washed up on the beach as a pile of wooden beams and twisted fencing. The collapse, which happened within the last hour, caused no injuries, according to Seaside Park Police Chief Frances Larkin.

So The Front Of A Building Blew Off In NYC

2012-10-29T20:29:00-04:00

How does that happen?

Stay safe out there, folks! #Sandy

Manhattan Construction Crane Collapses at One57 Luxury Tower

2012-10-29T17:24:00-04:00

A crane attached to One57, the luxury apartment tower under construction in midtown Manhattan, partially collapsed amid gusts from Hurricane Sandy. [...] One57, poised to be the tallest residential property in Manhattan at 90 stories, is being developed by Extell Development Co. A penthouse at the building went under contract earlier this year for more than $90 million.

China Bridge Collapse Raises Infrastructure Concerns

2012-08-24T17:35:00-04:00

One of the longest bridges in northern China collapsed on Friday, just nine months after it opened, setting off a storm of criticism from Chinese Internet users and underscoring questions about the quality of construction in the country’s rapid expansion of its infrastructure.

Just one month ago: Beijing Infrastructure Not Fit for Torrential Rains

Kenya loses Sh1.4 billion ($15.5m) on collapsed buildings

2011-07-26T19:12:43-04:00

Chairman Gideon Mulyungi said 24 buildings have collapsed in the country since 1996. “Forty-one lives have been lost and 47 people injured over the same period,” Mr Mulyungi said in an interview.

Goff's Bavinger House collapses

2011-06-23T23:15:48-04:00

The architectural oddity either fell to a recent microburst of high winds in Norman, or at the hand of the owner.

Mystery surrounds the current condition of the work of an odd genius.