The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched a new government-wide effort to boost national resiliency and reduce energy costs. Under the National Initiative to Advance Building ...

Eighteen years after the National Building Code (NBC) was signed by former Housing Minister Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, there is no enabling law to operate it. The need to domesticate the code to save the ...

The wake of Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Fla., in August 1992. Fifty-four people died in the storm, which caused over $27 billion in damages and led to Florida’s adoption of a statewide building ...

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell conducts media interviews at the National Hurricane Center to promote hurricane readiness on June 1, 2022. (FEMA photo) June 1 officially marks the beginning of the ...

Miami-Dade County has some of the strongest building codes in the world, designed to withstand the punishing 150 mph winds of Category 5 storms like Hurricane Andrew, which hit 30 years ago and ...

Concordia University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Universitié Concordia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Steady population growth and ...