At right, Theresa Thompson, Standard Waterproofing’s owner and president, discusses below-grade waterproofing with employees Aaron Rockafellows and Allen Parks. The company is a subcontractor for ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal investigators have been unable to find evidence that tests were ever conducted on fireproofing material in the World Trade Center, a potential factor in the buildings' ...

Fires can destroy buildings, lives, and entire communities in a flash. That’s why it’s essential to do everything in our power to prevent fires from happening in the first place and to help limit the ...

Fireproofing in many spots of the World Trade Center was nonexistent or woefully inadequate, an architect who inspected the skyscrapers before Sept. 11 charged yesterday. Roger Morse, who conducted ...

Having spent a good part of my career investigating structural failures, I've seen spectacular damage on building sites. It's the scale of the destruction, however, that distinguishes the attack on ...

Federal investigators said Tuesday the World Trade Center buildings probably would not have collapsed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks if fireproofing had adhered firmly to the columns and floors. The ...

The impact of two passenger jets and the raging fires they ignited were not enough to bring down the World Trade Center towers, according to a comprehensive study of the towers’ collapse released ...

High on the list of Israel’s slim supply of natural resources are the brains of its scientists and the chemicals such as bromine that can be extracted from the Dead Sea. Making use of both resources, ...