Structural safety

The lawsuit highlights growing pushback against the scores, which are intended to give consumers more insight into homes’ exposure to fire, flood and other climate-related dangers. Nebraska brought its own, similar suit against the company in August.

The overall objective of this report is to give guidance and facilitate discussion on priority areas for investment to inform a new national-level seismic resilience program for Indonesia, with a focus on public buildings in urban areas.

This commentary proposes a health-aware urban flood resilience framework that feeds drainage condition into forecasting and management. Dajiangou simulations show blockage and sediment can increase peak surface-water depths.

This report examines risk-informed spatial planning as a tool for reducing disaster risk, drawing lessons from South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and China.

Developed by BSSC of NIBS, this 2026 resource brings together research, engineering expertise and emerging technologies to advance earthquake-resistant design and building safety.

This research investigates the paradox of buildability and constructability in Ghana’s construction industry and its contribution to frequent building collapses.

This study models landslide susceptibility in eThekwini, South Africa, after the April 2022 floods, using Random Forest and SVM. Land use, elevation, NDVI, and lithology were key factors, with most housing located in low-susceptibility areas.

Scorching heat in Israel, especially in July and August, prevents residents from gathering in squares and public spaces and from walking, cycling, and taking public transport.

Earthquake-damaged masonry walls need repairs tailored to how they cracked. Walls may slide along joints, rock at the base or develop diagonal cracks, and repairs effective for one type of masonry or damage may not work for another.

This study presents an image-based framework for rapid seismic assessment of unreinforced masonry façades using computer vision, photogrammetry, and semantic segmentation to automate 3D modeling and vulnerability analysis from multi-view RGB images.