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Turkey Day is just around the corner, and the 95-year-old Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has become the latest target for the NFT craze—10 of its iconic bal...

Hurricane Idas flooding is proof positive that rhis is our watershed moment to leave the Delaware River better for future generations.

/PRNewswire/ -- The National Institute of Building Sciences has secured 20 signatures from leaders committed to supporting greater diversity in the built...

/PRNewswire/ - GREAT GULF was recognized as Home Builder of the Year Mid/High-Rise at the 41st Annual Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD)...

/PRNewswire/ - GREAT GULF was recognized as Home Builder of the Year Mid/High-Rise at the 41st Annual Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD)...

"Congress never passed a bill requiring that FEMA implement this. He should have asked FEMA to delay implementation of Risk Rating 2.0 or reconsider altogether, "said Dr. Cassidy. Cassidy and Senator Bob Menendez led a bipartisan group of colleagues urging FEMA to delay Risk Rating 2.0 last month.

Louisiana ‘Good,’ but Texas Lags in IBHS Building Code Rankings July 23, 2021 Texas has a long way to go but despite getting hit by four hurricanes and one tropical storm in 2020, Louisiana still ranks as one of the top 10 states for resilience based on its statewide building codes. The “Rating the States: 2021” report by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety explores conditions in the 18 U.S. states with hurricane vulnerability, evaluati...

Jul 7, 2021 Photo: Oregon State University Research by the Oregon State University College of Engineering will help the Port of Portland save as much as $35 million on work to ensure a Portland International Airport runway can survive an expected magnitude 8.0 to 9.0 Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. Armin Stuedlein led the project, which involved three days of test detonations at the airport in 40- and 90-foot-deep blast casings. By studying the series of controlled blasts, researchers coul...

Jul 7, 2021 Photo: Oregon State University Research by the Oregon State University College of Engineering will help the Port of Portland save as much as $35 million on work to ensure a Portland International Airport runway can survive an expected magnitude 8.0 to 9.0 Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. Armin Stuedlein led the project, which involved three days of test detonations at the airport in 40- and 90-foot-deep blast casings. By studying the series of controlled blasts, researchers coul...

Jul 7, 2021 Photo: Oregon State University Research by the Oregon State University College of Engineering will help the Port of Portland save as much as $35 million on work to ensure a Portland International Airport runway can survive an expected magnitude 8.0 to 9.0 Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. Armin Stuedlein led the project, which involved three days of test detonations at the airport in 40- and 90-foot-deep blast casings. By studying the series of controlled blasts, researchers coul...