The operating life and life span of buildings are often far apart. If a property is no longer fit for purpose, it is usually demolished even though it would still be perfectly usable. Even in the ...

The operating life and life span of buildings are often far apart. If a property is no longer fit for purpose, it is usually demolished even though it would still be perfectly usable. Even in the ...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of practice around the world are inadequate for the seismic design of tall buildings and has called for a more ...

A car hit by debris form a adjacent building under construction at Ushirika estate in Pangani, Nairobi county. [Collins Oduor, Standard] As high-rise buildings are erected every day to feed Nairobi's ...

BDB Construction has converted a historic Holiday Inn into the world's tallest student residence, featuring 650 beds and ...

The Chinese government remains silent about why it has permitted construction to resume on a 117-story skyscraper in Tianjin city nearly a decade after it was ...

The increased demand for responsive and quality healthcare facilities combined with Seattle’s constrained geography gives rise to more high-rise construction to serve a growing population.

As high-rise buildings are erected every day to feed Nairobi’s growing population, it also poses significant challenges to city dwellers. Residents of Pangani, Ushirika area are decrying health, ...