Last week’s deadly collapse of a 12-story oceanfront condominium in a small town on the same barrier island as Miami Beach, Fla., is raising concerns among structural engineers and designers about how ...

The country’s eyes have been on Surfside, Fla., for months now as search crews and investigators continue looking for answers in the wake of the tragic condominium building collapse. As details of the ...

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A Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere heard on Friday that the mode of collapse of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) guest house was inconsistent with structural defect. A professor of ...

The building envelope. At its simplest definition, it’s the exterior or shell of a building that repels the elements. At its most complex definition, it’s an engineering system that meshes elements ...

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 ...

The mode of collapse of the Synagogue Church guest house was inconsistent with the mode of any building with structural failure anywhere in the world. This was expressed by an international expert and ...