St. Joseph Catholic Church in Commerce, TX, has completed construction on a unique, tornado-resistant building that will serve as the congregation’s new sanctuary. The new building is a Monolithic ...

The updated ASCE/SEI 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures includes the first-ever criteria for tornado-resistant design. “We’re not designing tornado ...

There is perhaps no crueler irony during a natural disaster than when the destruction comes to a haven for the injured. That’s what happened on May 20, when an EF-5 tornado tore through Moore, ...

A Westmoreland man is rebuilding his home with tornado-resistant materials after an EF-3 tornado destroyed it in April 2024. The tornado killed one person and damaged or destroyed numerous homes in ...