In the wake of the aftershocks felt in some countries in the Gulf following the recent earthquakes in Iran and Pakistan, the Building Department of Dubai Municipality has issued a circular amending ...

19 May 2013 In the context of recent earthquakes in Iran and Pakistan which slightly affected some countries in the gulf region, and to raise the efficiency and safety of buildings in the Emirate of ...

WASHINGTON, August 24, 2021 -- As China's economic development continues, energy demand is rising along with it. Meeting this energy demand via fossil fuels is becoming increasingly undesirable, ...

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 – ...

Sharjah: In light of recent tremors in the region, Sharjah Municipality has announced it will be updating its earthquake code to ensure that new buildings in the emirate can withstand earthquakes of a ...

Earn Your Graduate Structural Engineering Certificate in Hazard Analysis from One of the Top Schools for Engineering. Hazard analysis is about helping to prepare vital infrastructure for natural ...

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 ...

A Japanese company has designed an earthquake-resistant foundation for fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines. Developed by J-Power and the University of Tokyo, the ‘flexible tripile’ foundation 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 ...

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 – ...