New Earthquake Protection Device (EPD) technology for buildings promises immediate occupancy after an event as well as more rapid return on installation investment, officials at Taylor Devices, Inc. announced today....

The engineering fraternity has been unanimous in identifying the building category which is considered the most vulnerable amongst all of the engineered buildings in our country today - 'Buildings on Stilts'. A simpler explanation would be...

India's economic growth over the last decade and the recent seismic activity in the Sub-Continent has left it more vulnerable than ever....

In today's world simply stating that a building is earthquake resistant is meaningless. It does not portray anything about the building performance during an earthquake, its post quake use and the magnitude and kind of damage that it will sustai...

Contrary to the perception of most in real estate the national disaster management guidelines issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on 16May2007 are Law with immediate effect....

Lately banking and real estate are stealing the limelight. All business news channels and tabloids are concentrating their efforts on how the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Finance Ministry are tightening the reins on the Indian real estate. Its...

This may come as a rude shock to many, but the reality is that buildings designed and constructed before 2002 do not even meet the minimum earthquake safety standards prescribed by the Government. The Indian Seismic Building Code was last revised in...

Earthquake Resistant is the Minimum permissible earthquake protection...

Today most medium and high-rise buildings are following Life-Safety Design, more popularly referred as Earthquake Resistant Design for protection against earthquakes....