Across the globe, engineers are creating extraordinary modern masterpieces, structures that push beyond the limits of what came before. To ensure the safety, engineers study worst-case scenarios to ...

We call them engineering disasters. But is that a misnomer? Certainly tons of the “engineering disasters” of the 20th Century had nothing to do with the engineer. Many of those calamities came from ...

Lorsque les tours jumelles se sont effondrées en 2001, de nombreux ingénieurs pensaient que l'ère des gratte-ciel touchait à sa fin. Mais cette catastrophe sans précédent a marqué un tournant d'une to ...

As engineers continue to push the boundaries of scientific invention and exploration, along with great achievements unfortunately come terrible failures too. Fortunately, from mistakes lessons are ...

On the night of 9 October 1963, one of the worst dam-related disasters in European history unfolded in northern Italy. A massive section of Monte Toc collapsed into the Vajont Reservoir, displacing ...