The FINANCIAL — Devastating earthquakes are a global phenomenon, as anyone in Nepal, Japan, or Indonesia can tell you. The consequences can be crushing: human lives are lost and confusion in everyday ...

(TNS) -- University of Texas researchers have been awarded a $13.7 million federal grant to develop a software platform and other cybertools to help engineers construct buildings, levees, bridges, ...

As our urban centers become more densely populated, engineers are continuously looking to maximize this space by building upward rather than outward. As a result, we’ve seen massive skyscrapers sprout ...

A new study by Northwestern University researchers and coworkers explains a puzzling problem with maps of future earthquake shaking used to design earthquake-resistant buildings. The research was ...

No matter how beautiful architecture can be, the forces of nature can instantly reduce even the most majestic buildings to rubble. Architects thus have an obligation to create designs that are not ...

PUTRAJAYA: High-rise buildings constructed since 2016 are able to withstand earthquakes measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale following stringent safety standards put in place. Housing and Local ...