Dubai, 16th May 2013 (WAM) -- The civic authorities on Wednesday issued new rules asking all new projects to raise the threshold of buildings to withstand earthquake tremors up to 5.9 on the Richter ...

Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – ...

Hamburg, Germany, 30 th August 2021 – DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, today published the world’s first recommended practice (RP) to minimize cost, warranty and liability ...

Wednesday's column says the Tulsa building code does not require steel strapping or hurricane clips to hold roofs to walls or walls to slabs and that roofs may be toenailed to the walls. So how is ...

Scientists say there is a 63% probability of a damaging earthquake in the Bay Area in the next 30 years. Officials in quake-prone California recently took a step toward making the best of the Big One ...

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