Technology plays a pivotal role in redefining the seismic design principles. It can make the building more resilient. Some of the key technologies deployed by engineers in the construction process are ...

Three new categories for residential foundation design have been developed and will be required for repairing and rebuilding homes in Canterbury following the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, it was ...

Keywords: Seismic designs. Large pile groups. Caissons. Retrofitting. Long-span bridges. Ground motions. Soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI). Kinematic soil-pile interaction. Linear stiffness ...

Hours after the Turkey-Syria earthquake, a video on Japanese techniques to deal with such calamities began doing the rounds on social media. It showed how Japanese engineers and architects had ...

It is no secret that Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital is in dire need of seismic upgrading, so an option is being considered that would “float” the building on a rubber foundation to keep it standing ...