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An Interview with John T. Woscek, A.R.I., P.E., and Rose Figueroa, PhD, CHFP Amusement ride accident investigations integrate many fields, such as mechanical engineering, human…

Fire safety issues in modern buildings rarely arise from a single point of failure. More often, they emerge from a series of minor defects that, taken together, undermine a building’s fire strategy: a few missing cavity barriers, a service penetration left unsealed, a fire compartmentation wall that…

Force majeure has come back into sharp focus amid ongoing geopolitical disruption to global trade routes, but recent developments underscore that invoking it is neither…

Forensic toxicology is the application of toxicology to legal matters, evaluating how drugs, alcohol, and chemicals affect human performance and biological systems in the context…

The property transaction closes next month. The lender wants updated paperwork on the data center building before approving the loan, and the buyer’s team needs…

Forensic meteorology is the scientific reconstruction of past weather conditions at a specific time and place, used to support legal investigations, insurance claims, and litigation….

As published in Data Centre Dynamics. In the high-stakes construction and operation of data centres, caution is often mistaken for prudence. Engineers and designers are keen to avoid risk as…

Many building owners turn to their roofing contractor for condition assessments – a logical first instinct. But contractors who install and repair roofs have a…

Commercial property insurance costs nearly doubled over the past decade, rising from $1,558 per building per month in 2013 to $2,726 per building per month…

A new property manager inherits a 15-year-old office building and opens the maintenance files to find only one folder that is mostly empty. There are…

A tenant asks whether the building has a green certification. A lender requests sustainability documentation before finalizing a refinancing package. A board member asks what…

For decades, proving phone use in commercial trucking accidents meant working with incomplete information. Attorneys would examine basic phone bills and argue over whether a…