The report cites design flaws, construction deficiencies, added weight on the pool deck and corrosion as key factors. The disaster prompted major changes to Florida condominium safety and reserve ...

Non-adherence to standards and codes of practice in the construction process have resulted in building collapses, endangering lives, loss of property and damaging public trust. This was the conclusion ...

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 ...

Five years after the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building that killed 98 people in Surfside, Florida, federal investigators have new information on the timeline of events. The columns ...

The building that collapsed at the corner of Magazine Street and Hastings Place on Monday night, cutting power to hundreds and crushing at least two nearby cars, is only the latest to inconvenience ...

Architectural heritage is often described as what survives time. Yet survival does not explain why certain buildings are preserved while others disappear. Many works now protected as cultural heritage ...