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 ...

As building codes evolve and fire risks grow more complex, rigorous testing and third-party certification of passive fire ...

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 ...

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 ...