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ASU Professor Marc Mignolet wins Distinguished Research Award for achievement in modeling uncertainty to improve structural safety.

The Office of Government Property issued a “Safety Briefing Notice” in September warning of the potential dangers of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in buildings which is “life-expired and liable to collapse”.

Ministers are urgently asking for details about a “crumbly” type of concrete, now feared to be leaving schools 'liable to collapse'

In a study published in Sensors, researchers developed a Brillouin scattering-based spiral deployment arrangement of distributed fiber optic sensors to assess and monitor the cable forces in concrete during tensioning processes.

La jefa de Gobierno de la CDMX dijo que los peritajes por el accidente en la L12 del Metro se harán con transparencia

Latent Defect Liability clause introduced in Unified Building Bye-Laws: Delhi govt ANI | Updated: Mar 03, 2021 20:00 IST New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): The Delhi Government on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that Latent Defect Liability clause (Clause 2.10) has been introduced in the Unified Building Bye-Laws (UBBL)-2016. The high court was hearing a contempt plea filed against Chief Secretary of Delhi, Commissioners of three municipal corporations o...

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Your View | Grenfell lessons, nuclear energy, race and design 25 Jan, 2021 Main Point I: Grenfell lessons Part II of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry is in recess at present, but it is three and a half years since the tragedy and the break presents an opportunity to reflect on, what is arguably, the worst construction industry related incident since World War II. I hope readers will not pass this by on the grounds that, while tragic in the extreme, it is of no direct relevance unless one is ...

Structural Fixings | Finding the right solution Selection of a structural anchor should be based on the performance needed for each application but how much is the decision process driven by previous specifications or brand? NCE joined forces with anchor specialist Liebig to look in detail at the issue. The variety of off the shelf anchors and fixings available to structural engineers has grown significantly in the last decade and, beyond these ever more complex designs, there is also the optio...