New hazard designations increase the number of homes that must comply with wildfire building codes during reconstruction.

Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and ...

Glass panels falling from a building downtown has closed the intersection of West 6th Street and Guadalupe Street.

It's to ensure that in the event of a pressure-related issue, the outer pane of glass cracks first. Windows on commercial planes typically have three panes - outer, middle and inner - made of ...

The aircraft window is a three-pane structure and each layer is made to serve a different purpose. The outer and middle layers are both made of stretched acrylic, with the outer layer being thicker to ...

For the first time in at least 14 years, state officials will release updated fire maps for Southern California on Monday, ...

placing increasing physical strain on the triple-pane window construction. There exists a tiny air gap sandwiched between the middle and outer panes, with the hole located in the middle pane.

With wildfires happening more often and burning more area, homes need to be “hardened” to make them more fire-resistant ...

The Getty Villa survived the worst fire in Los Angeles history because of key construction and landscaping choices.