Exciting and unique buildings increasingly dot the landscape of our urban environments and beautifully fill the pages of our design magazines. Conversely, over the past half century the construction ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about college students and recent graduates founding startups. One of the major bottlenecks in construction a new building ...

Every commercial roof has to match the building it sits on. Structure, usage, and environment all play a role in how ...

Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

Civil/Structural engineers design and maintain buildings, bridges, and other structures constructed from various materials (concrete, steel, timber, masonry, and reinforced plastics). They use modern ...

In today’s design-conscious world, structure is no longer hidden behind walls, it’s part of the story a home tells. The idea of “Home Structure Design with Depth” goes beyond engineering safety and ...

In a general sense, the term “curtain wall” refers to an exterior wall that does not support loads other than its own weight. Curtain walls are therefore nonstructural, and serve solely to protect the ...

BOISE, Idaho — A 6.5 magnitude earthquake approximately 40 miles outside of Challis rattled Idaho and six surrounding states Tuesday evening. The biggest earthquake preceding this one was in 1983.

Many 20th-century farm buildings are being repurposed for diversification projects, but their conversion and change of use needs more care and attention ...