The structural safety of the buildings we live and work in is not something that many of us think about. In the event of an earthquake, how protected are you, your family, and your belongings from the ...

Built from a simple bamboo structure, these one-room homes provide a new blueprint for resilient disaster housing.

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of practice around the world are inadequate for the seismic design of tall buildings and has called for a more ...

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The tremors of the earthquake felt across our area put PennDOT into action checking the safety of our local bridges and structures. After Friday’s quake, PennDOT gave the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Concrete structures of the past weren’t built to withstand the fury of an earthquake but a groundbreaking solution from engineers at Purdue University could change that. A ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Researchers at UC ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — While extreme earthquakes are not a concern for Western New Yorkers, researchers are using a local "earthquake simulator" to help areas in the country impacted by these natural ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Members of the news media are invited to the University at Buffalo on Thursday, Dec. 21, for earthquake tests that could help lead to millions of buildings nationwide being safer from ...

USC wrote in a statement to the Daily Trojan, that it had retrofitted Mudd Hall, Webb Tower, Phillips Hall and the Dramatic Arts Building since 2003. However, it acknowledged not all buildings were in ...

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Several private and government buildings and other physical structures were vandalized and torched during ...