Exciting and unique buildings increasingly dot the landscape of our urban environments and beautifully fill the pages of our design magazines. Conversely, over the past half century the construction ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about college students and recent graduates founding startups. One of the major bottlenecks in construction a new building ...

Essential Guide to Fireproof Home Construction for Safety and Durability Glendora, United States - February 7, 2026 / ...

Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

Civil/Structural engineers design and maintain buildings, bridges, and other structures constructed from various materials (concrete, steel, timber, masonry, and reinforced plastics). They use modern ...

Engineering is an exciting field that is constantly evolving with new discoveries and advances in building technology and application. Along with the entire field evolving, each specialty, such as ...

In a general sense, the term “curtain wall” refers to an exterior wall that does not support loads other than its own weight. Curtain walls are therefore nonstructural, and serve solely to protect the ...

The impact of multi-story building design considerations on embodied carbon emissions, cost, and operational energy has been revealed. The impact of multi-storey building design considerations on ...

In today’s design-conscious world, structure is no longer hidden behind walls, it’s part of the story a home tells. The idea of “Home Structure Design with Depth” goes beyond engineering safety and ...

It can be a challenge both to quantify and reduce the carbon emissions coming from essential building materials, either witew practices or new products.

Simulation of wind flows around the model of Austin’s 321 West 6th Street illustrates the E-SE wind direction that resulted in the largest cross-wind response on the 58-story high-rise. The hotter the ...