Even though predicted to be a below-average hurricane season, two tropical storms already have made landfall in the U.S. Of...
building codes News
The fire that destroyed most of a large apartment complex in northern New Jersey last month has prompted talk of...
Roof collapses can be sudden, catastrophic events caused by a particular loading condition or combination of loads. Roof collapses often...
Louisiana’s property insurance market is vastly improved nine years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the state on Aug. 29, 2005, largely...
A Burnet County home that was picked up and carried 100 yards by a tornado last month, was reinforced according...
President Michelle Bachelet vowed Tuesday to rebuild this once-beautiful port city according to a master plan that would prevent many...
For building codes, the past year has been one of flux. Superstorm Sandy and western state wildfires fueled debate on...
National building code expert Nick Gadzekpo has joined Ill.-based PLRB to lead the creation of the association’s Building Code Department....
These days, consumers are well aware of the important safety benefits of automobile airbags, safety belts, and other protective equipment....
Turkish authorities say last week’s 5.9-magnitude earthquake has rendered more than 2,000 homes uninhabitable, forcing nearly 7,000 people to live...