But a newly resurfaced engineering study reveals another problem: Major structural deficiencies could turn the aging building into a deathtrap in the event of an earthquake. Completed in 2006, the ...

Parts of the San Francisco Ferry Building could collapse in an extreme earthquake, as foundation supports fail beneath sections of the building, its south promenade and back waterfront plaza, ...

Zig-zagging around the glass-and-steel perimeter of the UC Berkeley Grimes Engineering Center, 36 thin metal rods could be what it takes to prevent the building’s total destruction. The rods are the ...

Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions. By Thomas Fuller Thomas Fuller has reported on why ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Narek Ekmekjyan, vice president of Optimum Seismic, takes a look at the retrofit work done by the company at an apartment building ...