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Basements are underground portions of buildings that were historically used for housing utility equipment, and for storage of items that were not particularly moisture sensitive. In modern times, however, basements…
A vehicle in motion possesses a significant amount of kinetic energy. When a moving vehicle impacts a building or other stationary structure, the impact event can cause damage to the…
Thankfully, collapses of buildings and other structures are rare events. However, when a collapse does occur, the result is often catastrophic loss of property, and sometimes life. Some highly publicized…
For soils that experience volumetric change due to variations in moisture content, dry conditions can result in volumetric loss (i.e., “shrinkage”). Such soils are typically referred to as “expansive soils”…
To date in 2021, 29,149 wildfires (47 classified as large) have burned 1,118,377 acres of land in the United States. That is nearly 70% of the 10-year average-to-date area burned…
Because concrete is stronger in compression than in tension, most concrete used for construction is reinforced with steel bars to resist internal tensile stresses. Commonly referred to as reinforced concrete,…
