Delhi’s Master Plan 2047 has opened the door to a new generation of high-rise development in the Capital, including buildings of more than 100 floors. But as Delhi sits in seismic Zone IV, the ...

Uganda is strengthening its preparedness for earthquakes through nationwide building assessments, updated seismic risk ...

The imperative for such innovation in that field is massive. For instance, despite lasting only 20 seconds, the 1995 earthquake that struck Kobe, Japan destroyed 100,000 buildings, and the 2011 ...

Hilti India, through its flagship knowledge platform Seismic Academy, hosted the fifth edition of its Annual Conference under ...

Dhaka has long expanded faster than it has planned. Wetlands have been filled, low-lying areas built over, and high-rises have been raised that may not withstand a major earthquake. In the fifth ...

Most temblors are too small for humans to feel, but every so often a whopper will rock our planet. The majority of earthquakes occur near the boundaries of tectonic plates—like the mighty San Andreas ...

Zig-zagging around the glass-and-steel perimeter of the UC Berkeley Grimes Engineering Center, 36 thin metal rods could be what it takes to prevent the building’s total destruction. The rods are the ...