The man in charge of a city's planning process says he is "fed up" with the system, after the committee he chairs approved a ...

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Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings. Research that was conducted by the ...

Sri Lanka is witnessing a rapid transformation of its built environment. High-rise condominiums, commercial towers, hotels, hospitals, factories, and public buildings are rising across Colombo and ...

Aluminium composite sheets are transforming Indian real estate by providing a lightweight, fire-rated, and sustainable ...

A 26-year-old woman and her 5-year-old child have died following a high-rise fire in the east of Berlin earlier in the week, the police said on Sunday. The woman and her two young children were found ...

Recent storms have left Los Angeles streets riddled with potholes, frustrating drivers across the city and prompting Mayor Karen Bass to highlight ongoing repair ...

HONG KONG, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Hong Kong proposes to spend about HK$4 billion ($512 million) to buy out the owners of homes in a high-rise housing complex ravaged by a massive fire that killed more ...

'This is the threat of the future': Retired Gen. Petraeus on Iran's drone warfare ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Philadelphia police sergeant climbed 12 floors of a South Philadelphia hotel to evacuate guests during a fire, ultimately carrying a double amputee down the stairwell to ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Guste Homes development, one of New Orleans’ largest public housing complexes, has been around for more than six decades—and now its future is in question. More than 300 residents of ...