First-responders continued to search for survivors after a high-rise residential building near Miami Beach partially collapsed in the early morning hours Thursday. By Friday morning, at least four ...

River Ranch Temple in Redcliffe reflects a troubling trend of structural failures in eThekwini, as experts call for urgent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PRELIMINARY findings reveal that substandard materials and illegal construction practices led to the four storey building ...

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.

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, ...

Prompt site assessment of wind damage from major storms such as hurricanes and tornadoes is a crucial step in determining the extent of property loss. The assessment of wind damage is important for ...

NPR's Leila Fadel asks structural engineer and University of Central Florida professor Necati Catbas about the building collapse in Surfside, Fla. Crews are continuing to work at the site of the ...