Roof repairs are most effective when problems are corrected before moisture reaches structural components”— Thad Brown ...

There are three basic needs of man: food, shelter and clothing. A building is another name for shelter and is therefore one of the basic needs of man. We construct buildings to provide shelter for man ...

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Correct placement and secure fastening protect systems long before wear becomes visible”— Christopher Echeverria NEW ...

Structural engineers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers (NIStructE), have urged the government to implement laws and building codes that will stem building failures ...

The Sunbury/Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce posted this photo to Facebook after the neighboring Atlas Insurance building’s roof collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. No one was injured in the incident ...

Most structural failures are associated with materials and are the consequence of human error involving a lack of knowledge about materials or the combination of ...

Logansport Fire and the Logansport Police Department, along with the Cass County EMS, were sent to 1000 block of North Street Wednesday night to investigate the partial collapse of an apartment ...

An apartment building that partially collapsed two days earlier can be seen Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. Five residents of the six-story apartment building remained unaccounted for and ...

NEW YORK ‒ On Monday, a seven-story tenement building in New York City partially collapsed, heaping a 12-foot mound of debris on the street and forcing over 170 people, including dozens of children, ...

Crowds gather at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, as rescue crews assess the collapse of a multi-story prayer-hall building that failed during concrete placement.