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 ...

Lessons Learned From Deadly Condo Collapse: Reshaping Industry to Prevent Future Tragedy While nothing can replace the lives lost in this historic tragedy, there are valuable lessons to be learned ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The reason for the partial collapse of a building in Downtown El Paso appears to be related to a hidden problem with a support column, according to an asbestos assessment of ...

Federal investigators on Thursday shared updates on their probe into the cause of the catastrophic 2021 condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, providing key insights into the factors that may have ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An explosion ripped through an apartment building on Chicago's West Side Tuesday morning, leaving at least eight people injured. When something like this happens, the I-Team starts an ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Four recent catastrophic building collapses and a near miss are raising concerns about ...

(UPDATE: March 30, 2026) -- The City of El Paso confirmed with ABC-7 no injuries or occupants were reported during the collapse. The city said an engineer found the cause may have been because of a ...

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 ...

Crowds gather at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, as rescue crews assess the collapse of a multi-story prayer-hall building that failed during concrete placement.

I get particularly annoyed when I see headlines and quotes from supposed responsible citizens in the aftermath of a national ...

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, ...

'Kids over clicks': bills regulating social media for children get Michigan Senate hearing A set of bills to hold social media companies accountable for the safety of children on their platforms got ...