Investigate the most common mistakes to avoid in urban high-rise construction so you are ready to lead your next project safely and efficiently.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) engineers recently released a two-disk DVD set that demonstrates how Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV), a technique in which powerful fans force ...

Objective The aim of this whitepaper is to illustrate the safety risks that face occupants of high-rise buildings. Through an examination of the vulnerabilities of high-rise buildings, the ...

Even today, there is ongoing debate among builders, safety experts and first responders about whether New York City is doing enough to reduce the risks of high-rise fire catastrophes—all as a new ...

ANNAPOLIS, MD– Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation Thursday designed to strengthen fire safety standards, named for a Marylander killed in a fire in February 2023. The Melanie Nicholle Diaz Safety Act ...

Three-Day Fre in the Sky 2026 Runs March 17–19 at Hotel Polaris — the First Hotel in Colorado with an Installed Air ...

As the number of challenges associated with high-rise buildings continue to increase, so too does the responsibility of the fire department to know as much as possible about these buildings’ design, ...

NEW YORK (AP) _ A task force assigned to evaluate the safety of the city's high-rises after the World Trade Center collapse proposed broad changes in the building code, including a ban on the type of ...

A North West consultancy with specialist expertise in the energy sector is one of the first firms helping building owners deliver safety cases under new national building safety laws. Based in ...