Fire scientists optimized the safest design for high-risk fire zones. Now, some California developments are starting to put ...

A devastating earthquake exposed how unprepared modern cities really were. Most of the deaths weren’t caused by the shaking itself, but by buildings collapsing on the people inside them. In response, ...

Early in the Nets‘ 116-99 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday, the best scorer inside Fiserv Forum wasn’t Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner or Nic Claxton. With Cam Thomas and Michael Porter Jr.

Urban experts note that, despite repeated warnings, Rajuk and other authorities have failed to take meaningful action against risky or unauthorised buildings. Under the World Bank-supported Urban ...

Spray-based concrete 3D printing also allows builders more flexibility in the design of their builds. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering. Concrete 3D printing is revolutionizing ...

Eight years ago, Erik Thorsen — CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore. — received a warning that no hospital administrator wants to hear: A big earthquake could cause his hospital's ...

Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. Gov. Kotek’s order to earthquake-proof state buildings comes as the state Capitol nears the end of a years-long, $598 million seismic ...

TOKYO – On March 28, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar, causing a horizontal shift along a fault line that extended over 400 kilometers from north to south. Said to be the “largest in ...

Most new state-owned buildings will need to be earthquake-proof, and by 2060, all buildings owned or leased by the state for executive branch agencies will need to make earthquake-safety upgrades or ...