On the 32nd anniversary of the magnitude-8.1 earthquake that devastated Mexico City on Sept. 19, 1985, 41 U.S. seismic experts were in a workshop near Los Angeles, polishing a new tool to identify ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Garance Burke, The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Nearly two-thirds of the buildings that collapsed in Mexico City’s monstrous earthquake last month were ...

Behaviour of RC building with beam supported slab and flat plate slab In Bangladesh, different types of floor system, such as edge supported slabs (One way, two way), column supported slabs (Flat slab ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel Figueroa-Vallines, an Orlando-based forensic structural engineer, says that based on photos he has seen, the South Florida building collapse that has made the nation gasp in shock ...

MEXICO CITY — Warm lighting would enhance the wood floors' natural glow, the developer promised, so when all the custom light bulbs burnt out, Anahi Abadia and her husband grudgingly drove to Home ...

The first project using BubbleDeck technology in Malta was successfully completed at the Pender Gardens complex in St Julian’s. This innovative system, which was launched in Malta two years ago, was ...