When disaster strikes, what’s your plan?

Andy Burrows — The Trades Coach — presents a comprehensive plan for construction businesses to follow in the event of a major disaster. Picture this. It’s Monday morning and you open your computer ready for the week ahead. What greets you is a screen saying you have been hacked, and all your files are locked […] The post When disaster strikes, what’s your plan? appeared first on Building Today.

FEMA Report Steps Up Push to Put States in Driver’s Seat of Disaster Recovery

The Trump administration’s long-awaited final report on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reforms aims to make states chiefly responsible for disaster recovery while tapping resources of the federal agency for support.

Chase Anderson: Forensic Engineer Leading High‑Stakes Disaster Response Across the U.S. and Abroad

With 15 years in the industry and a role as Associate Principal at Thornton Tomasetti, Chase Anderson has built a career at the forefront of structural forensics and post‑disaster response.

Russia’s ‘disregard’ for nuclear safety criticised as 40th anniversary of Chornobyl marked

The 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, which happened on 26 April 1986, has been marked by the UK’s diplomatic service, and Russia was criticised over its “blatant disregard” for nuclear safety at the 10th Review Meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS). The post Russia’s ‘disregard’ for nuclear safety criticised as 40th anniversary of Chornobyl marked appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Plug-in solar panels – a recipe for disaster?

A renewable energy specialist warns that buying plug-in solar panels from the middle of Lidl will likely end in disaster.