Keeping buildings safe from the threat of fire is a responsibility we all share as fire code inspectors, fire and smoke damper inspectors, building owners, and facility managers. Our overriding goal ...

The tuned mass damper used in Taiwan’s Taipei 101 tower represents an engineering feat that is so impressive the designers decided to make it publicly visible for all to see. Taipei 101’s 730-ton ...

As buildings grow taller and taller around the world, especially in seismically active and cyclone-prone areas, dynamic modification devices, such as dampers, are becoming more common in the fight to ...

Taipei 101, the icon of the Taipei skyline, was the tallest building in the world from 2004 to 2010, when the Burj Khalifa in Dubai overtook it. The 1,670-foot skyscaper remains a symbol of technology ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors hopes that the last major piece of construction is almost complete on the county’s new Law Enforcement Center. A fire damper system was ...

The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) said on the 2nd that it has developed a "stiffness-adjustable tuned mass damper (TMD) technology" that can be easily installed ...