Basement construction before 1970 was a byproduct of proper frost-line engineering, not a luxury add-on. Mid-century poured concrete walls were built to handle lateral soil pressure that modern ...

In 1994, Mike Hancock gave up his job as a project manager with a nuclear power plant to put his engineering background to use in the residential building industry. He moved to Oklahoma where he ...

New Delhi: The collapse of a five-storey building housing a boys’ PG in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan has put the spotlight on the approval, inspection and safety mechanisms governing basement ...