PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County’s Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project is moving into its next phase after receiving federal approval on Friday. After reviewing the project’s ...

Research conducted by Civil Engineering Professor Keri Ryan and her team last May is advancing the relatively new field of non-structural earthquake engineering. The team’s work was part of a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge Project will receive $10 million in funding through Oregon Metro's Regional Flexible Funding Allocation. Metro Council approved nearly a quarter ...

Colorado State University along with Simpson Strong-Tie and other partners successfully led the world’s largest earthquake shake table test in Japan yesterday, proving that midrise wood-frame ...

Additional material and pictures provided by Ellington Cross LLC. In the past, the conventional method for handling loose sands, soft clays and poorly compacted fills on a construction project was to ...

Most new state-owned buildings will need to be earthquake-proof, and by 2060, all buildings owned or leased by the state for executive branch agencies will need to make earthquake-safety upgrades or ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Researchers at UC San Diego on Monday put a 10-story, cold-formed steel building to the test, simulating how the structure would move in the midst of a major earthquake. The ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — “We are creating our own earthquake,” Tara Hutchinson, a professor of structural engineering at UCSD said. UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center is home to ...

More rigorous design approach encouraged by CTBUH after recently announcing that 'codes of practice' are inadequate Dubai- 11th June 2008: "Most of the current building codes are inappropriate for ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Members of the news media are invited to the University at Buffalo on Thursday, Dec. 21, for earthquake tests that could help lead to millions of buildings nationwide being safer from ...