In May, the Portland Planning Board unanimously approved the construction of what will be, by some measures, Maine’s tallest building. The 18-story, 190-foot-high behemoth at 200 Federal Street will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As with any area of life, it’s fascinating to see the extremes of what’s possible. In the case of wildly huge and tall buildings, ...

There are basically four different types of seismic design methods. Most building designers immediately assume that the building code provides the best seismic design method. This is a good assumption ...