Keywords: NEESWood Capstone Test. Seismic performance. Full-scale tests. Mid-rise structures. Woodframe structures. Shaking table tests. Residential structures. Interstory drifts. Damage.

One of the most predominant factors impacting today's construction industry is the demand to construct buildings that can resist seismic forces and accommodate for the building movements. Architects ...

GameChange Solar, a leading global supplier of solar tracker and fixed-tilt racking technology, announced the successful ...

Keywords: Nonstructural components (NSC). Suspended ceiling systems. Experimental tests. Shaking table tests. Dynamic behaviors. SAP2000. Roofing systems. Floor motions. Wall distortions. Analytical ...

Residents from Gunter to Sherman may hear unfamiliar sounds this week as seismic testing continues through Friday afternoon.

Underwater seismic testing — a precursor to offshore oil drilling that environmental advocates worry disturbs marine wildlife— will not take place this year off the Atlantic Coast, according to an ...

Regional levee commissioners agreed Thursday to use $30,000 worth of seismic testing to investigate potential trouble spots in the system. The work, which involves dropping weights on a levee section ...

Royal Dutch Shell plc’s (RDS.A) seismic testing for oil and gas along South Africa's eastern coastline has been suspended, pending a final judgement by a South African court. Environmentalists ...