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 ...

More than 30 luxury high-rise buildings in Miami Beach, FL, are currently sinking into the ground, shocking new research has revealed—but that hasn't stopped a swath of homebuyers and developers from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A fire ravaged multiple high-rise towers in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing at least four people. The raging fire sent up a column of flames and thick smoke and then spread on bamboo scaffolding that ...

When developers began transforming the kitschy waterfront motels of Sunny Isles Beach into luxury high-rise condos and hotels more than two decades ago, they were confident they understood the ...

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

A long-vacant building strip in St. George containing the remnants an iconic diner and a beloved wine shop is set to be the ...