Prompt site assessment of wind damage from major storms such as hurricanes and tornadoes is a crucial step in determining the extent of property loss. The assessment of wind damage is important for ...

Editor’s Note: Hanif Kara is a professor of the practice of architectural technology at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and the cofounder and design-director of the interdisciplinary ...

A technical report on the failure of the Canterbury Television building during an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand in February 2011 illustrates how important seismic codes are in saving lives.

A Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere heard on Friday that the mode of collapse of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) guest house was inconsistent with structural defect. A professor of ...

The Nigeria Institute of Building (NIOB), in a webinar workshop Monday addressed critical issues to curb building collapse. They stated that the panacea for collapsed building in the country will ...

Surfside's building officials were slow, inefficient and uncooparative. The town's code compliance division was spread thin, year after year. An engineer reported structural damage, but a town ...