Still awaiting a public discussion is SB 5 by Sen. David Burnett of Osceola and Rep. Monte Hodges of Blytheville to provide exceptions from the state’s earthquake resistant design standards by which ...

As a critical first step in preparing for earthquakes, homeowners are being urged to ensure that their dwellings are designed ...

Code-based earthquake engineering is on the verge of getting simpler, thanks to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s recommendation to replace the traditional seismic hazard maps with ...

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 ...

A just-adopted version of the Uniform Building Code (UBC) will have a significant impact on the design and construction of buildings in the Seattle area and throughout the West Coast. The 1997 UBC ...

Pandemics and wildfires have left earthquakes behind in the threat matrix, but they still loom large. Engineer David Bonowitz has this Perspective on what’s essential in earthquake design. This week ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acapulco's beachfront condo towers were devastated by Hurricane Otis. Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images Acapulco wasn’t ...

Resilience is the ability to bounce back after a disturbance or interruption, or the capacity to withstand, recover from, or adapt to stress, misfortune, or change. By now, design teams are at least ...