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

Located on the most active earthquake belt in the world, the island nation of Japan is constantly shaking, or bracing itself for the next big quake. Six years ago a 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the ...

This is the moment an engineer demonstrated models of 'earthquake-resistant buildings' in China. Footage shows three plastic mini three-story buildings placed on black cylindrical isolators mounted on ...

Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. Gov. Kotek’s order to earthquake-proof state buildings comes as the state Capitol nears the end of a years-long, $598 million seismic ...

A building in Christchurch, New Zealand, destroyed as a result of the Feb. 22, 2011, magnitude 6.3 earthquake that killed 185 people. Photo by Martin Hunter, the Associated Press. Last week’s massive ...

Montreal is among the most vulnerable cities in Canada to earthquakes — second behind only Vancouver — but can its buildings withstand a major tremor? A risk modeling firm, AIR Worldwide, estimated ...

Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. Gov. Kotek’s order to earthquake-proof state buildings comes as the state Capitol nears the end of a years-long, $598 million seismic ...

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has written to the State Government seeking an amendment to the development control regulations in the State. The proposal suggests having ...

New Delhi: An action plan prepared to make city buildings earthquake-proof is "binding in nature", Delhi High Court has said, asking civic agencies to implement it.Hearing a PIL seeking policies and ...

The Canadian Parliament’s oldest building, the East Block, is vulnerable to the frequent earthquakes of the Ottawa area and needs at least $66 million in upgrades to make it more tremor-resistant, ...

The Beijing municipal government will launch a campaign in August to upgrade the earthquake-resistance and energy-saving functions of old buildings, to extend their service lives for at least 10 years ...

A team of scientists at UBC say tall buildings across the Metro Vancouver region will shake much more than currently predicted by Canada's national seismic hazard model if and when a magnitude 9.0 ...