A new study has linked underground climate change to the shifting ground beneath urban areas. The phenomenon is affecting all major urban areas around the globe, causing civil structures and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC ) — Several Civil War-era structures have been discovered under a construction site in downtown Richmond. In 2021, city leaders announced that the CoStar Group Inc. was expanding ...

Bridges, roads, buildings, railways, distribution systems, canals, dams, even lighthouses. Yes, lighthouses. If you encountered any of these structures today, or stopped to marvel at one on a recent ...

Civil engineering is responsible for planning, designing, building, and managing civil structures to meet the needs of a growing population. From roads, bridges, and railways to dams, waterways, and ...

Climate change is warming the world above and below ground, and what's happening below could be causing the world's cities to slowly sink, a new study suggests. “Underground climate change is a silent ...

There is a “silent hazard” lurking underneath our major global cities, and our buildings were not designed to handle it. A new Northwestern University study has, for the first time, linked underground ...

"System Reliability, Risk, Longevity, Sustainability and Optimal Decision-Making"—latest collaboration by Lehigh Univ. structural engineering professor and his former doctoral student, now a professor ...

Human-induced vibrations represent a critical aspect in the design and serviceability assessment of modern civil engineering structures. These oscillations, generated by pedestrian movement and daily ...

Needs for optimization of maintenance costs, increase of safety, and continuous developments of new construction materials and methods, as well as recent technological developments in various branches ...