Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. Gov. Kotek’s order to earthquake-proof state buildings comes as the state Capitol nears the end of a years-long, $598 million seismic ...
From base isolators that let buildings glide over shifting soil to flexible steel frames that absorb shock, earthquake-proof ...
When designing a new structure or making upgrades to existing ones, architects and engineers prepare for them to be impacted ...
"Structural integrity is an important part of resilience, but not the only one. Buildings can resist ground shaking with no ...
When a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar earlier this year, the ground around them split and buildings nearby ...
Come December, owners of thousands of presumed concrete buildings in San Francisco will be asked to take part in a screening ...
A major earthquake hasn’t struck any of California’s biggest cities in more than three decades, but the “Big One” is a matter ...
A school in Eugene conducted an earthquake drill to practice safety protocols and communication strategies among students and ...
Scientists are always looking for ways to make inherently brittle materials, such as concrete or ceramic, tougher, safer, and ...
Keith Urban has hinted at one of the reasons he and Nicole Kidman are on the outs. Urban told Entertainment Tonight in an ...