Concrete has quietly become one of the planet’s biggest climate problems, yet it remains the backbone of modern cities and ...

Sometime early in a firefighter’s career–usually as part of fire school–building construction is touted to be one of the most important things firefighters should be aware of in their new trade. They ...

Following-up on last month's quick review of the five basic types of building construction, according to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 220, Standard on Types of Building Construction ...

Because a Type IV building is more robust and thus more fire resistive — strategically — than a leaner Type III building, they are listed out of order numerically. The August 2009 installment ...

In basic firefighter training, we all took a building construction class. We learned how various construction types react during fire conditions and that modern buildings are engineered to be stronger ...

As cities grow denser and construction labor becomes harder to secure, the sector is under pressure to deliver projects ...

In a typical construction cycle, sturdy slabs are treated as waste once a building ...

Jay Sanjayan works for Swinburne University of Technology. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council for 3D Concrete Printing work. He is a Member of the Conrete Institute of Australia.