Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tom Bell can remember watching an informational film early in his training that emphasized the importance of escaping a fire in the first five minutes. Now, ...

Firefighters and officers are hurt and killed every year because of the way buildings are constructed. The building industry has changed drastically over the years, and new buildings are increasingly ...

The $13 trillion construction industry faces a $40 trillion challenge: Three-quarters of the infrastructure needed by 2050 is not yet built, hundreds of thousands of jobs are going unfilled and ...

That phrase was used by Bob Backstrom of Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to describe the kind of fire produced by modern contents, construction techniques and materials. I rarely run across such a ...

Discover how scheduling tools support the construction sector by improving project planning, resource management, timelines, and productivity. This complete guide explores key benefits, features, and ...

Many factors endanger the environment. Unsustainable infrastructure systems, plastic waste, and increased carbon emissions all contribute to this. But, recently, people have acknowledged the need to ...

In late October, the 9th Technical Conference, hosted by CSCEC Middle East and co-organized by the Society of Engineers-UAE, ...

Every year, in the middle of summer, hundreds of Hong Kong construction workers and engineers walk up some 200 steps to Ching Lin Terrace in the seaside neighborhood of Kennedy Town. There, in one of ...