A team of UB engineering students placed third in a recent national earthquake engineering design competition. The 2008 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition, held last month during the annual ...

If you’ve ever seen footage of enormous buildings swaying uncontrollably during an earthquake or actually felt the Earth opening under your feet, you would know just how terrifying an earthquake can ...

Ahmedabad was shifted to higher seismic risk zone under the code; govt says it would raise ongoing metro projects’ cost by 30–50% ...

Described as Japan's first two-story 3D-printed home, the O House is inspired by the geometry of natural caves. Built to meet the country's strict seismic requirements, it combines cutting-edge ...

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 ...

Ahmedabad: Following the advice of the Union cabinet secretariat on Tuesday, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), department of consumer Affairs, has.

A severe earthquake is a terrifying disaster; only a few seconds of ground shaking can annihilate a vulnerable community. Most deaths occurring during an earthquake are the direct result of the ...

On Friday, James R. Harris — president of J.R. Harris and Company — gave a lecture in Sinclair Auditorium as part of the Fazlur R. Khan Distinguished Lecture Series. Harris addressed the community ...

The developer of 181 Fremont, a 70-story residential and office tower being built in San Francisco, claims this will be the most earthquake-resistant building on the West Coast when it is completed in ...

The water lifeline that keeps Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital running is getting a serious seismic makeover under ...