Cebu City's Department of Engineering and Public Works is expected to release today the structural assessment of the more than 200 buildings it inspected after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake last ...

SEN. Bong Go filed Senate Bill (SB) 666 to update the Philippine Building Code to promote disaster resilience, sustainability and public safety. The senator said the proposed Philippine Building Act ...

Buildings that are designed in accordance with the National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) are safe no matter their proximity from a fault line, according to an engineer who specializes on ...

As the world looks for and transitions to more environmentally friendly ways to construct buildings, timber building design, has risen to the top of structural engineering and architecture. Mass ...

In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers are grappling with a question that a month ago would have been completely unthinkable: Can buildings be ...

Structural engineering is among the oldest types of engineering, dating back to the first instance of tree branches being lashed together with vines to make a shelter. Throughout recorded history ...