Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Garance Burke, The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Nearly two-thirds of the buildings that collapsed in Mexico City’s monstrous earthquake last month were ...

In the dome of the Pantheon in Rome, several construction techniques were used to allow such a bold construction to stand. One concerns the composition of the concrete (in this case, non-reinforced ...

The choice between steel and concrete for framing a major building’s structural system often entails a complex decision-making process involving the architect, structural engineer and contractor. For ...

Constructed in 1939, with additional modifications completed in the 1960s, a three-story concrete building in Houston's Midtown was not structurally designed for expansion. In 2017, Rice Management ...

With a notoriously large carbon footprint, concrete is a prime target for researchers developing greener materials for the future of construction. A number of studies have shown how old rubber tires ...

MEXICO CITY — Warm lighting would enhance the wood floors' natural glow, the developer promised, so when all the custom light bulbs burnt out, Anahi Abadia and her husband grudgingly drove to Home ...

Concrete: we can’t live with it, can’t live without it. A combination of cement, water and ground rock or sand, on the surface concrete might seem crushingly mundane. Yet it has defined construction ...

They were among the fortunate: Two women working in their building and dozens more perished on Sept. 19 in structure failures that several prominent engineers now say could have been prevented. Nearly ...