Bruneau, who is also a distinguished member of ASCE—the highest honor the society can bestow—was recognized for “his contributions to advancing seismic design and improving the safety and resilience ...

In Vancouver’s False Creek Flats, a 10-story mass timber office tower called the Hive has been completed with an innovative seismic design that allows it to flex and re-center during earthquakes.

Duke faculty and students are working with colleagues in Nepal to give the country more warning before deadly earthquakes ...

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Vancouver’s Hive building is the latest proof that mass timber construction is here to stay.

The National Institute of Building Sciences Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) recently updated seismic provisions for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). The 2020 NEHRP ...

Mexico sits on one of the most seismically restless patches of Earth. Squeezed between the Cocos, Pacific, and North American ...