Bruneau, who is also a distinguished member of ASCE—the highest honor the society can bestow—was recognized for “his contributions to advancing seismic design and improving the safety and resilience ...

Learn how seismic-resilient bridge design uses advanced materials, curved geometry modeling, shape memory alloys, and performance-based methods to reduce earthquake damage and downtime.

Code-based earthquake engineering is on the verge of getting simpler, thanks to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s recommendation to replace the traditional seismic hazard maps with ...

Every year the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) hosts a conference where members of industry, students, and faculty gather to learn about advancements in the research of Earthquake ...

Since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, buildings have gotten stronger and cities around the Bay Area and the state have adopted better building codes. While vulnerabilities still exist in some ...

As Southcentral Alaska homeowners take stock of the damage wrought by Friday’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake, the Structural Engineers Association of Alaska has compiled a list of businesses with ...

Officials credited strong building codes for the collapse of very few structures in the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that shook Southcentral Alaska on Nov. 30. But the less obvious structural damage, ...