Building and remodeling projects can be quite complex. Project managers and contractors have to juggle technical tasks with safety imperatives and practical considerations, among other elements. The ...

The construction industry plays a significant role in shaping our environment, from the design and construction of buildings around us to the materials used. Because of this large and impactful global ...

The Palu Tsunami, which struck Indonesia in 2018. The data consisted of 113 high-resolution satellite images. Counts of the buildings and their damage levels were collected per tile using before- and ...

At the University of Toronto, just across the street from the football stadium, workers are putting up a 14-story building with space for classrooms and faculty offices. What’s unusual is how they’re ...

A team of computer scientists working on two different problems -- how to quickly detect damaged buildings in crisis zones and how to accurately estimate the size of bird flocks -- recently announced ...