How deep underground can you build and why does building underground have a limit?
In short, pressure, exactly as happens at the bottom of the sea, is so large when you go kilometres deep that rock explodes without warning. Temperatures raise without…
What is the life expectancy of the Empire State Building?
Well, you’ve asked the right person. My company just finished some work at the foundation. I have been up and down that place, I know it well. The…
What’s the most ridiculous design fault you’ve seen on a building?
Probably this one. Dubbed the “world’s tiniest skyscraper”. The building itself is structurally sound—that’s not the flaw. In fact, it has stood for over a century. But the…