The FINANCIAL — Devastating earthquakes are a global phenomenon, as anyone in Nepal, Japan, or Indonesia can tell you. The consequences can be crushing: human lives are lost and confusion in everyday ...

Concrete 3D printing is revolutionizing the building industry by cutting costs and construction time. However, most current ...

A deadly earthquake that reduced buildings to rubble in West Java, Indonesia has once again exposed the dangers of living in poorly built homes in one of the most seismically active zones on the ...

The after-shocks of the Kahramanmaras earthquake in Turkey and closer-to-home disasters such as the Joshimath crisis have made a global impact, compelling us to look closer into available engineering ...

"There are a number of techniques to test whether a building is earthquake-proof. Computers play a large role in the early days. Engineers take historic data on past earthquakes and plug it into the ...

Earthquakes are one of the most destructive forms of natural disaster, but the biggest hazard during an quake isn't the shaking itself – it's the collapse of human-built structures caused by it. For ...

Residents believed their homes would be safe in a quake Government promises to investigate why buildings collapsed Sector officials say 50% of buildings contravene regulations HATAY, Turkey, Feb 17 - ...

How engineering can improve the chances of survival from an earthquake. Awareness of the hazards caused by earthquakes is probably higher in California than anywhere else in the world. Many buildings ...

HATAY, Turkey - Residents of a luxury housing complex in southern Turkey thought their apartments were 'earthquake-proof' until the structure toppled like a domino in last week's devastating ...