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| World Cup's leaky centrepiece |
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Contractors building Eden Park – the centrepiece of next year's Rugby World Cup – have been forced to fix leaks, repair cracked welds on joints, and reinforce support girders in the South Stand. |
| Stuff NZ - Sun 22 Aug |
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| Corus scopes out plans to build coal mine in south Wales |
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Corus is set to decide on a proposal to build a coal mine at its steelworks in Port Talbot in Wales within a year. |
| Independent Mon 16 Aug |
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| £185m Corus investment at Port Talbot blast furnace |
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A £185m investment at Corus' giant steelworks in Port Talbot has been announced. |
| BBC News Mon 16 Aug |
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| Investigation finds welding crack caused crane collapse |
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A seven-month federal investigation into a deadly crane collapse at a local shipyard found that a cracked piece of welding, undetected for more than a decade, caused the machine to fall and crush a fabrication shop |
| Daily Comet Fri 4 Jun |
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| Bay Bridge eyebar woes date to 1930s |
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The unexpected closures on the Bay Bridge last year were caused by a crack in a key support beam that was caused by the span design more than 70 years ago |
| SFExaminer 1 Apr |
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| Work starts on building huge port on Thames |
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A giant dredger will begin construction today of the first new deep-sea port in Britain for 25 years, designed to accommodate the biggest container ships from the Far East. |
| Times Online Tue 16 Mar |
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| Crane co. owner indicted for deadly collapse |
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James Frank Lomma -- owner of the two tower cranes that collapsed in Manhattan in 2008, killing a total nine people -- was brought to court in handcuffs this morning. |
| NYPost 8 March |
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| New York Crane owner expected to be charged with manslaughter |
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District attorney's office investigate whether a crane collapse that killed 2 workers was caused by a shoddy weld that failed. |
| NYDaily News 5 Mar |
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| Wind turbine tower firm creates 240 jobs in Chepstow |
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A firm making towers for wind turbines is creating 240 jobs and investing £38m in its base in Monmouthshire. |
| BBC News Thu 28 Jan |
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| Bay Bridge metal failures still a mystery |
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Emergency repairs to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge this fall will cost $21.5 million after critical parts on the span cracked and snapped, but Caltrans officials still can't explain the metal failures |
| Sacbee.com Tue 22 Dec |
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| Wind turbines may be built at Nigg creating 2,000 jobs |
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Two thousand jobs could be created in the Highlands if an American firm invests in a project to build offshore wind turbines. |
| BBC News Thu 17 Dec |
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| Floodlight Columns Crack and Fail |
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Nine floodlight columns that have crashed to the ground where all manufactured by the same Texas company. |
| NDTCabin Mon 16 Nov |
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| Government cost cutting looks set to scupper £23bn Severn Barrage tidal project |
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Plans to build a ten-mile tidal barrage across the River Severn that could generate up to 5 per cent of Britain’s electricity are likely to be shelved under a government cost-cutting drive |
| Times Online Fri 30 Oct |
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| Forth Bridge Cables – Strength Loss Uncertain |
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The Engineer in charge of the Forth Road Bridge has warned that the bridgecables will have to monitored for the remainder of their life. |
| NDTCabin Thu 22 Oct |
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| Faulty welds cause of silo collapse |
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Faulty welds and a lack of inspection cause a silo to collapse in Tasmania. |
| NDTCabin Fri 9 Oct |
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| Cracked steel on Bay Bridge raises doubts about safety |
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A cracked steel beam that compromised the safety of the Bay Bridge has been repaired, but questions are now being asked. |
| Sacbee.com |
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| Bridge will be England's tallest |
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A planned new bridge across the River Wear in Sunderland will be the tallest in England. |
| BBC News Thu 3 Sep |
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| Heathrow Terminal revamp unveiled |
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Plans for a £1bn refurbishment of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 2 in west London which will increase passenger capacity is being unveiled. |
| BBC News Mon 10 Aug |
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| Crane collapse forces evacuation |
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A crane has collapsed on to a block of flats in Liverpool city centre, forcing the evacuation of the building. |
| BBC News Mon 6 Jul |
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| All bridge nuts must be replaced |
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An interim report into the failure of nine heavy-duty nuts on the Forth Road Bridge has found all 1,888 similar nuts on the crossing should be replaced. |
| BBC News Wed 15 Apr |
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