Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

The International Code Council has approved—as expected—the updated structural building-design standard, written by the American Society of Civil Engineers Structural Engineering Institute, for ...

The research team, led by Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering assistant professor, Negar Elhami-Khorasani and assistant professor Thomas Gernay from Johns Hopkins University ...

Negar Elhami Khorasani received the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) young professional scholarship by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) earlier this year, and is one of four ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Earthquakes and explosions grab the headlines when structures are toppled, but often the Achilles’ heel of engineering is fire. Fire is the follow-up act in disasters, the coup ...

In a world aiming toward sustainability and risk mitigation, the traditional prescriptive method to structural fire safety is becoming less and less viable. Fortunately, new industry resources can ...

Fire safety engineering is a multidisciplinary field dedicated to understanding, preventing and mitigating risks posed by fire within the built environment. It integrates the science of combustion, ...

Structural engineering — a specialty within the field of civil engineering — focuses on the framework of structures, and on designing those structures to withstand the stresses and pressures of their ...

Exciting and unique buildings increasingly dot the landscape of our urban environments and beautifully fill the pages of our design magazines. Conversely, over the past half century the construction ...

Significant attention and research has been given to the protective gear that a firefighter wears. Gear needs to provide a level of protection against the overall thermal environment and products of ...

The process for selecting a structural firefighting glove isn’t as simple as it might seem. Most considerations involve adhering to NFPA 1971: Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire ...

The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has officially reopened, five years after a devastating fire destroyed its roof and spire and threatened the integrity of the entire structure. The reopening ceremony ...