Operational disruption is not just an inconvenience—it is the difference between continuity and cascading financial loss.

Building more high-rise apartments could help alleviate the Las Vegas Valley’s housing crunch, but don’t expect a boom in taller residential buildings anytime soon, experts say. A number of factors ...

Several states are modifying building codes to reduce development costs, drawing concern from fire officials and safety ...

Cost and demand determine building heights, and a big new project isn't out of the question. But “urban design matters," one developer says.

Officials also discuss creating a dedicated mechanism to identify commercially used residential buildings, enforce compliance ...

States and cities are debating building code changes—like single-stair apartments and relaxed electrical/fire rules—to reduce ...

Venezuela and Japan are both hit by strong quakes, but Venezuela faces higher risks due to weaker building standards.

Wyoming needs tens of thousands of new homes, but only a fraction of the need is under construction because builders say the ...

There is a phrase regularly repeated and like clockwork. We hear it during the month of March and the tragedy of its timing is not lost on those who observe Fire Prevention Month. The Tagalog phrase ...

On Friday afternoon a small plane slammed into the 109-story CITIC Tower that dominates Beijing’s skyline, killing the pilot ...

I’m old enough to remember when statistical analysis in sports pretty much meant checking the box scores in the morning newspaper. Of course, in recent years statistical analysis has exploded in ...

Parents are circulating a petition saying that local classrooms would benefit from technology that serves as a learning tool ...