Scenes of buildings reduced to rubble were beamed around the world this week following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Ishikawa prefecture on Japan’s western coast on Monday. The full extent of ...

Japan’s Chubu Electric Power has revealed that it may have underestimated the earthquake risks at its Hamaoka nuclear plant, ...

Simulations still can't predict exactly when an earthquake will happen, but with the incredible processing power of modern exascale supercomputers, they can now predict how they will happen and how ...

MOSCOW, 29 July (BelTA - TV BRICS) - Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has introduced a new earthquake-resistant building design featuring state-of-the-art damping ...

El Jardín Anatole in Mexico City by Dellekamp + Schleich (DAFdf) is a case study in cross laminated timber (CLT) design. (Rafael Gamo) The facade boldly expresses the timber material palette. (Rafael ...

The patent document describes the invention as unique since it merely relies on containers filled with sand or other granular material to protect a building’s structure from damage or failure during ...

Buildings and urban infrastructure are designed to withstand earthquakes and other natural disasters, based on data from previous events. But how do you design a building to get through the extreme ...

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 ...