Climate Reports | United Nations

UNEP and others | 2021 Production Gap Report 20 October 2021 The 2021 Production Gap Report finds that despite increased climate ambitions and net-zero commitments, governments plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than what would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Over the next two decades, […]

Construction starts growth masks underlying weakness

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Groundbreakings improved to start the year in January, but a closer look at that growth reveals general weakness, according to Dodge Construction Network. Total construction starts increased 0.7% month over month in January to a seasonally adjusted […]

Analysis, Design, and Construction of a Base‐Isolated Multiple Building Structure – Sorace – 2014 – Advances in Civil Engineering

1. Introduction Base isolation is nowadays a well-established and viable antiseismic design strategy for new buildings and bridges, as well as for the retrofit of existing ones, with several thousand applications in over 30 earthquake-prone countries worldwide. The use of this technology, originally restricted to massive and stiff structures, has been progressively extended in the […]