Florida's high-rise building regulations are among the strictest in the country but not all local governments enforced them properly.

Videos of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday morning have surfaced. Some residents were able to capture the moments high-rise building collapsed leaving many dead ...

BETHESDA, MD – February 14, 2011 – A nationwide survey conducted by Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) revealed that 70% of Americans feel safer from fire at home than in a commercial ...

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Almost three dozen high-rise condos and luxury hotels along the beach in South Florida are sinking or settling in unexpected ways, in some cases because of nearby ...

It is more expensive to own a high-rise condo in South Florida than just about anywhere else in the U.S. except for an island between the East and Hudson rivers. And that doesn’t include paying for ...

Taixing in East China's Jiangsu province has introduced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) thermal imaging scanning technology to ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — In Uptown Corpus Christi, many high-rise buildings sit empty or are getting close to suffering that fate, with several of the buildings having sat vacant for years, falling ...