The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched a new government-wide effort to boost national resiliency and reduce energy costs. Under the National Initiative to Advance Building ...

What would you say is responsible for the rising case of building collapse in the country? Building collapse has been a major challenge in Nigeria, leading to massive economic and human loss due to ...

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, two feet of rain fell on western North Carolina, damaging or sweeping away thousands of houses in landslides and floods. At least 101 people died. In many cases, ...

Miami-Dade County has some of the strongest building codes in the world, designed to withstand the punishing 150 mph winds of Category 5 storms like Hurricane Andrew, which hit 30 years ago and ...

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Attah has inaugurated a twenty one member committee on National Building Code Advisory. The Reconstituted Committee comprises; duly ...