What would you say is responsible for the rising case of building collapse in the country? Building collapse has been a major challenge in Nigeria, leading to massive economic and human loss due to ...

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, two feet of rain fell on western North Carolina, damaging or sweeping away thousands of houses in landslides and floods. At least 101 people died. In many cases, ...

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Attah has inaugurated a twenty one member committee on National Building Code Advisory. The Reconstituted Committee comprises; duly ...

The tornadoes in the Midwest last weekend once again exposed the lack of national building standards. Regulations vary greatly from one locality to another. Last week's tornadoes in the South and ...

Concordia University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Universitié Concordia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Steady population growth and ...

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched a new government-wide effort to boost national resiliency and reduce energy costs. Under the National Initiative to Advance Building ...

Keith Porter serves as chief engineer with the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Western University provides funding ...

Miami-Dade County has some of the strongest building codes in the world, designed to withstand the punishing 150 mph winds of Category 5 storms like Hurricane Andrew, which hit 30 years ago and ...

Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice (third right) during the launch of the Training and Sensitization of The National Building Code 2024, on January 14, 2025, at Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi. [James Wanzala, ...

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has expressed full support for Sen. Bong Go’s proposed legislation to review and update the National Building Code, citing the need for more ...

The National Research Council (NRC), which devises model codes for building, energy, plumbing and fire, has previously based code writing on historical data. The council now wants to incorporate the ...