The aftermath of the Brumadinho dam collapse, which took place on January 25, 2019, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
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Population growth is creating a huge demand for infrastructure, even as environmental risks grow. To detect problems early, satellites can provide rich data to help assess infrastructure “health”.
There are more than 50,000 public bridges in Australia. (The Sea Cliff bridge is one Australia’s newer bridges, built in 2005).
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Australian bridges are generally safe, but we don’t have transparent information about how often they’re inspected or maintained.
The dark side of Italian infrastructure.
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In the region of Liguria, and the city of Genoa itself, Calabrian mafia clans have been infiltrating construction projects for decades.
The Ponte Morandi bridge, Genoa, after its collapse, which has claimed dozens of lives.
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Bridge engineering does not end when construction finishes and traffic starts to flow.