There are three basic needs of man: food, shelter and clothing. A building is another name for shelter and is therefore one of the basic needs of man. We construct buildings to provide shelter for man ...

By Albert Allotey Accra, June 11, GNA – The Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) in collaboration with other partners has ...

NEW YORK ‒ On Monday, a seven-story tenement building in New York City partially collapsed, heaping a 12-foot mound of debris on the street and forcing over 170 people, including dozens of children, ...

Four recent catastrophic building collapses and a near miss are raising concerns about the state of America’s aging buildings and questions about who, if anyone, is checking their safety. Many cities ...

Our built environment is aging and failing faster than we can maintain it. Recent building collapses and structural failures of roads and bridges are indicators of a problem that's likely to get worse ...

Structural engineers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers (NIStructE), have urged the government to implement laws and building codes that will stem building failures ...

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A building collapse is not just a structural failure—it is a human tragedy. Families are displaced, lives are lost, and investments are wiped out in seconds. Yet, behind every failed structure lies an ...

An apartment building partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, on May 28. Three residents of the six-story apartment building remained unaccounted for and might be stuck inside rubble that was too ...

Protesters gather at the site of a partially-collapsed apartment building in Davenport on Tuesday. An electronic paper trail shows the city was aware of structural problems that needed attention and ...