In recent weeks, hurricanes destroyed an estimated 185,000 homes in Texas, 25% of the housing in the Florida Keys and at least 60,000 homes in Puerto Rico. In northern California, this week’s ...

FIU is steering the nation's infrastructure agenda through critical research and advocacy. On Thursday, government officials, students and faculty experts gathered to discuss a national problem: the ...

After a career pivot prompted by the 2008 economic crash, he found himself trading job sites for client consultations ...

The coupling of typhoon and rainstorm is one of the main natural disasters that often occur in coastal areas at present. It often causes damage to buildings, infrastructure, trees, and even casualties ...

This study investigates areas where perceptions of those working in Puerto Rico's informal construction sector and engineering assessments of housing safety in future disasters misalign, identifying ...

Explore the world’s most expensive construction mistakes that have led to staggering financial losses and iconic engineering failures. From design flaws and miscalculations to overlooked safety ...

Fighting a two-front battle is never an ideal arrangement, but it is something we must consider. After all, we will almost certainly face another natural disaster in the coming year, on top of the ...

This year the release of official reports about the George building collapse, one of the country’s biggest construction ...

The Town of Century was awarded $10 million in a Florida Department of Commerce’s Rebuild Florida grant to turn the old ...

Experts warn that unregulated construction and tourism are exacerbating floods and landslides in north Bengal's ecologically fragile regions.