Training beneath the rubble: WMass rescue team gets uncomfortable in Southwick

The daylong exercise allowed responders to practice a number of rescue scenarios that were unlike typical fire or EMS calls.
Government Technology

Program Trains Elite Group on Structural Collapse Response

A student in the Advanced Structural Collapse 5 course at TEEX is conducting a breach at a 45-degree angle while suspended two stories in the air. Photo courtesy of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension ...
Fox 23

Surfside condo collapse: 8 of the biggest structural failures in history

First-responders continued to search for survivors after a high-rise residential building near Miami Beach partially collapsed in the early morning hours Thursday. By Friday morning, at least four ...
Smithsonian Magazine

When a Natural Disaster Hits, Structural Engineers Learn From the Destruction

Natural disasters do not destroy buildings evenly. By studying which fall and which are left standing, engineers can develop new strategies for the future. Win McNamee/Getty Images When you first see ...
Government Technology

Disaster Zone Podcast: ‘Solving Seismic Structural Issues’

There are earthquake risks around the world and in most areas of the United States. In this podcast we learn a little bit about the risks, but spend most of the time on how we can address those risks ...
Medicine Buffalo

Structural engineering professor and director of UB's SEESL lab featured at the Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction

Bruneau was the invited Keynote Speaker, where he gave a talk titled “Christchurch: Rebuilding a Resilient City?” His discussion referenced a report from January he published with colleagues from the ...
WFTV

Surfside condo collapse: 8 of the biggest structural failures in history

First-responders continued to search for survivors after a high-rise residential building near Miami Beach partially collapsed in the early morning hours Thursday. By Friday morning, at least four ...