Engineers developed a low-cost steel ball damper that reduces vibration, helping protect buildings from earthquake damage and shaking.

A cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida's Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span and killing 35 people. AP Photo/Jackie Green This is not the first time a ship has taken out a bridge.

Bridges may look elegant above the water, but the real engineering happens deep underground. Engineers use massive piles and drilled shafts to anchor structures into soil that would otherwise collapse ...

The researchers revealed it can complement inspections by detecting millimeter-scale changes ton the structure caused by the ...

Seconds before the container ship Dali hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week and tore it down, killing six construction workers, it sailed past a structure designed to prevent that ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, announced today it has been invited to join the transportation pooled fund project focusing on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a support column was struck by a cargo ship, sending ...

I conclude my Great Structures Week with a focus on structural engineering failures: suspension bridges and the challenges of wind in their construction and maintenance. I am drawing these posts from ...

By Victor Block In 1357, King Charles IV — who ruled over lands of the present-day Czech Republic — ordered that a bridge be ...

The Monroe Fabre Bridge over Bayou Des Glaises will be closed while crews work to replace the aging structure.

Experts said if the Key Bridge had been fitted with more robust collision-prevention structures, the collapse might have been avoided. Records... Concrete structures meant to protect Baltimore bridge ...