BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An earthquake engineer at the University at Buffalo has developed a new "multi-hazard" design for bridges that will make them more resistant to terrorist attacks and earthquakes. The ...

While one natural disaster does not predict another and a double disaster is unlikely to repeat itself, Hurricane Irene and the Virginia earthquake, much like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in ...

Increasingly, explosive blast concerns are driving the design of sites, structures, façades and glazed openings for today’s commercial, institutional and industrial facilities to protect. Driven by ...

Tony Groat, North American Regional Manager at the International Powered Access Federation: Engineering can significantly reduce risk and hazards but it is typically not possible to eliminate hazards ...

Keywords: Multi-hazard designs. Highway infrastructure. Bridges. Natural hazards. Manmade hazards. Load and resistance factor design (LRFD). Design limit states ...

The methodical way to approach product safety is with a formal hazard analysis. A hazard analysis examines product features and tries to anticipate any potential hazards that might result from them.

" What is your opinion of manufacturers that don't conduct a hazard analysis because they are afraid the analysis itself will be used against them? I have worked for at least two companies that have ...

An occupational hazard of working in sustainable design is the constant reminder that everything has impact. For everything in your field of view, materials and energy were wrestled from the ground ...