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 ...

Bruneau, who is also a distinguished member of ASCE—the highest honor the society can bestow—was recognized for “his contributions to advancing seismic design and improving the safety and resilience ...

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To make sure buildings and infrastructure are increasingly earthquake-safe, engineers must understand how seismic activity affects different structures. A new era in large-scale earthquake engineering ...

Metro officials said designs for piles, pillars and stations are being updated to meet specifications under the new seismic zone notification issued by BIS.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turkey's Adana Hospital survived February 2023 earthquakes with no damage because of its seismic isolation system. Earthquake ...

The number one cause of earthquake deaths is the collapse of structures. The key to reducing earthquake casualties is making sure buildings protect life. There is nothing more fundamental to the ...

The February earthquake in Turkey and Syria was an enormous natural disaster, causing nearly 60,000 confirmed deaths in both countries, though most of them in Turkey. The magnitude of the Turkey quake ...

In February, UCSF reopened its 88-year-old Clinical Sciences Building after renovating it to meet current seismic safety requirements and modernizing spaces to better support teaching and research.

The aftermath of the Feb. 6 earthquakes and aftershocks in central Turkey has begun to shift from immediate search-and-rescue efforts to a grim cataloguing of the extent of the destruction, with ...