Structural engineers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers (NIStructE), have urged the government to implement laws and building codes that will stem building failures ...

A building collapse is not just a structural failure—it is a human tragedy. Families are displaced, lives are lost, and investments are wiped out in seconds. Yet, behind every failed structure lies an ...

A rights activist has asked the High Court to remove Maurice Akech from office, accusing the National Construction Authority ...

The building that collapsed at the corner of Magazine Street and Hastings Place on Monday night, cutting power to hundreds and crushing at least two nearby cars, is only the latest to inconvenience ...

Just weeks before the start of Comic-Con’s annual gathering, where more than 135,000 people would soon be filling the city’s convention center, the unthinkable happened. A key chiller needed to cool ...

PRELIMINARY findings reveal that substandard materials and illegal construction practices led to the four storey building collapse at the New Ahobilam Temple of Protection, in Redcliffe last Friday.

Recurring building failures and their impacts — deaths, hospitalizations, longtime business closures and public transit disruptions — reverberate far beyond the structures themselves. Amid the latest ...

Auckland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Auckland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The government’s proposed ...

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has experienced widespread flooding in recent days and outages of its steam system vital for equipment sterilization, significant infrastructure failures ...