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 ...

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

The deadly 2021 partial collapse of a condominium building in Surfside, FL, was rooted in severe design and construction ...

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

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 ...

States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing. Some of these changes include allowing low-rise apartment buildings ...

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

Discover essential flood proofing measures and resilience strategies from PUB's new guidebook for building owners and ...

As part of the enhanced security framework, Jammu and Kashmir Police has also launched the Pehchaan mobile application to ...

Urban planning choices that maximise space often create challenges during emergencies.

Building infrastructure that’s not only fit for today’s demands but designed to support whatever comes next begins with ...

Most people know that heat waves can be dangerous. What they may not realize is that the heat indoors can be much worse than ...