In Honduras, the massive Choluteca Bridge was engineered to withstand the most brutal category 5 hurricanes, but when Hurricane Mitch struck in 1998, the extreme flooding caused the entire river to ...

A year after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by an errant cargo ship, a new study indicates such incidents are more likely to occur in the U.S. than commonly known, ...

Engineering disasters serve as tragic but crucial learning opportunities for the advancement of safety standards and design principles. This collection of 15 catastrophic failures spans nearly 150 ...

In a significant nod to indigenous engineering, UNESCO has moved to document Sikkim’s traditional Ru-Soam (cane bridges) for global protection. The move follows the remarkable resilience shown by ...