Structural fire engineering and safety represent a critical interdisciplinary field focused on ensuring that buildings and infrastructure maintain their integrity and functionality during fire ...

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America published “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” — an investigation into the prevalence of medical errors ...

In the late 1980s, the NFPA developed NFPA 1500: Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety, Health, and Wellness Program, which is a consensus standard for firefighter safety. (It sometimes is ...

Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday released the structural safety guidelines, which developers have to follow during construction of high-rise projects in the state, at the concluding ...

Q: I have heard that there will be efforts to change the new condominium law about inspections and reserves. Can you shed any light on what the proposals might be and their chances of passing? (S.G., ...

The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has formed a committee to undertake a detailed study of the current provisions of the structural safety certificate and introduce ...

The Gurugram district administration in Haryana will start a structural safety audit of 23 high-rise housing societies to ascertain the quality of the buildings. The structural audit is likely to ...

The Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) has now made the certificate for structural safety mandatory for applying for an occupation certificate (OC) in areas falling under its jurisdiction. After ...

Typhoon Gaemi brought torrents of rain, and with it, the parapet on a building in Hualien City came crashing down onto a parked car and killed a 45-year-old woman who was a passenger inside it. Her ...