In April, we addressed establishing collapse zones at building fires. The loss of situational awareness, coupled with failing to recognize subtle or obvious pre-collapse building indicators and gaps ...

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Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prescient, an innovative software and structural system manufacturing company, today announced the completion of the first building featuring its standardized light gauge ...

A UB engineering professor has co-authored a report with potential significant impacts on how modern cities may be reconstructed following earthquakes. “Reconstructing Christchurch: A Seismic Shift in ...

Today’s evolving fireground demands a greater understanding of buildings, occupancy risk profiling (ORP) and building anatomy by all companies operating on the fireground. The identification, ...

Office-to-residential conversion seems like a simple solution to a problem. Nationwide, office vacancies stand at 17%, with some big cities—San Francisco, Houston, Austin—topping 30%, while the U.S.

Aging commercial and multi-family buildings face structural stress from corrosion, water intrusion, and material fatigue. Strategic restoration goes beyond surface repairs.

No one disagrees that construction lags in innovation and that everything from restrictive building codes to exaggerated perceptions of risk hold us back. Now two decades old, the Charles Pankow ...

When specifying insulated panels for a project, builders have an array to choose from. But when looking at two of the most popular types— structural insulated panels or insulated metal panels, it is ...