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29January 2026

Engineering Lessons from the 1992 Guadalajara Sewer Explosions

By |January 29th, 2026|Categories: Friday Famous Failures|0 Comments

On April 22, 1992, a series of underground explosions ripped through the Reforma sector of Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city. Over the course of roughly an hour, at least ten powerful blasts traveled along the main sewer collector, tearing open more than 8 km of streets, destroying blocks of homes and businesses, and killing over 200 people.

5January 2026

The First Professional Engineering License in the United States

By |January 5th, 2026|Categories: Tuesday Tidbits|2 Comments

The Egyptian pyramids of Giza are some of the most impressive manmade structures in the history of our planet. It’s estimated that they were built over 4,500 years ago with over two million stones over a period of 20 to 30 years ...