Protecting individual houses is not enough. We need to rethink how we design entire neighborhoods and communities. When a ...

Los Angeles’s Palisades and Eaton fires earlier this month, with their structure losses totaling 6,380 and 9,418, ...

Steel buildings are renowned for their strength, durability, and design flexibility. However, there’s a common misconception ...

In response to the latest wildfires, JDB Builders Inc., a design/build contractor with in-house architects, engineers, and ...

Building experts tell Action News there are roughly 50 ways a fire can burn a house, and eliminating half or more can go a ...

As Los Angeles reels from deadly January wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will order the state to advance long-delayed regulations requiring ...

As wildfires ravage California and climate change intensifies extreme weather events across the United States, an innovative building material is gaining traction: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC). W ...

Experts in fire mitigation and climate science said LA should use the fires as an opportunity to design more resilient ...

In the wake of recent wildfires, homeowners and builders in the Bay Area and across California are rethinking the ways to ...