The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of practice around the world are inadequate for the seismic design of tall buildings and has called for a more ...

Devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria saw an untold number of buildings collapse. Experts say a lack of building code ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — “We are creating our own earthquake,” Tara Hutchinson, a professor of structural engineering at UCSD said. UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center is home to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Researchers at UC ...

USC wrote in a statement to the Daily Trojan, that it had retrofitted Mudd Hall, Webb Tower, Phillips Hall and the Dramatic Arts Building since 2003. However, it acknowledged not all buildings were in ...

NEW YORK -- Even before Friday's earthquake, many families were concerned about New York City's aging structures, and right now, inspectors are checking construction sites and responding to complaints ...

Engineers developed a low-cost steel ball damper that reduces vibration, helping protect buildings from earthquake damage and ...