Seventy-one percent of the buildings in Dhaka would be severely damaged — over one-third of them would collapse — if an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude jolts the capital city, experts said at a worksh

Highlighting the importance of PMGSY in the State, Minister for Roads & Buildings and Mechanical Engineering Abdul Majid Wani has said that with the implementation of this flagship programme th

The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered notice to the Tamil Nadu government authorities on a writ petition challenging an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench here, relating

PWD official says 5,000 waterbodies made encroachment-free

The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday directed the Engineer-in-Chief (Water Resources Organisation), Public Works Department, to submit an action plan by February 24 on rejuvenating four to five major waterbodies in different regions of the State by desilting them, increasing their storage capacity through deepening and strengthening their bunds.

The Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department has received about 50 objections and suggestions towards the final decision on the relaxation of ban on construction in the 17 green belts in the stat

Islamabad—Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has developed Building Energy Code of Pakistan in collaboration with ENERCON to bring energy efficiency in buildings.

In order to promote energy efficient buildings in the state, Punjab will soon enact Energy Conservation Building Code(ECBC 2013).

The authorities are planning to launch the “Rainwater Harvesting Project” to address the issue of depleting underground water table in Lahore just as India has already done successfully in New Delh

For its energy efficient measures, the Delhi Metro has become the first rail system in the world to be awarded the Gold Standard foundation—a globally accepted certification standard for carbon mit