Knowing when a building is structurally deteriorating, and actually doing something about it can be very different things, as the collapse in Surfside, Fla., has shown this month.
One of the deadliest accidental building collapses in U.S. history is causing state elected officials, buildings officials, industry groups and others to reassess older buildings and consider the need for stricter regulations and enhanced inspection standards.
Agency says the Virginia pipeline does not do enough to mitigate impacts on hundreds of stream crossings still ahead for 303-mile project, even at 92% completion.
Los Angeles’ Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant spilled 6% of its daily load into Santa Monica Bay on July 11 due to a clog, but public was not notified of contamination for nearly 18 hours after the incident started at 7pm PST.
This summer, the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers expects to release, for public comment, a draft of the first U.S. consensus standard addressing disproportionate collapse of structures.
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