Panasonic plans to produce electric vehicle batteries at the 30-GWh-capacity plant in De Soto, Kan.

While a great deal of critical infrastructure is up and running again, an ongoing housing crisis and internal displacements due to a pair of earthquakes last month are still felt acutely in southern Turkey.

Novel high-rise shear-wall core system, consisting of tied steel-plate modules that are field-filled with concrete, has been used on two buildings.

Building inspectors issued a stop work order at a mid-block construction site in Manhattan and ordered the evacuation of a nearby building with signs of damage.

The developer points to elevated construction financing costs and a slower-than-expected return of Manhattan office workers after COVID-19 as causes.

While some structures survived the first main shock and performed as designed, experts say having two major quakes in such close proximity would challenge even the most stringent seismic codes. 

Japan House exhibit in Los Angeles showcases ways to incorporate nature—even natural disasters—into regenerative urban design. 

As rescue crews continue to dig out survivors from collapsed buildings in the wake of two severe earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, killing thousands, engineers' response efforts turn toward cataloguing and evaluating structures that failed or suffered significant damage.

An agreement by the American Society of Civil Engineers and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration outlines plans to ensure U.S. infrastructure is designed to be more resilient and “climate-ready.”

The team for the revised pile upgrade of the 645-ft-tall residential building expects to complete the work to stem settlement by the end of September.