California engineers have developed new design and construction standards to make sure the steel frames of high-rise buildings and other modern structures do not fracture during severe earthquakes.

SAN FRANCISCO — Acting Wednesday on the 95th anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency called for new quake-resistant design and ...

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An untold number of welded steel moment frame buildings constructed prior to 1994 have yet to be inspected, repaired, or retrofitted in the city of Los Angeles. Michael Rosebrock / Shutterstock Daniel ...

JONESBORO, AR -- When mother nature strikes no structure is truly stable, but there are some that can protect more than others. The Aramark building in Jonesboro was hit by a tornado on Tuesday. That ...

Welcome to building.co.uk. This site uses cookies. Read our policy. The first and second Steel Insight articles addressed the challenges of realistic cost estimating of structural steelwork through ...

On the 95 anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which levelled nearly 500 city blocks and killed 3,000 people, a U.S. agency has released a study suggesting that some modern steel-framed ...

Immediately after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety mobilized its entire staff to respond to all requests for inspections of damaged properties. After ...

QUT Engineering Professor Mahen Mahendran has been awarded a quarter-of-a-million dollar grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC), to investigate the fire resistance of common pre-fabricated ...