When the roof disappears under a thick blanket of snow, burying the solar panels beneath it, homeowners might wonder if they need to take action. Can the solar panels be damaged, and do they need to ...

Becca Lewis is home maintenance writer who aims to foster confidence in and inspire DIY enthusiasts at all skill levels. Becca attended Southern Connecticut State University, where she studied ...

The Fire Service in the Midwest has noted an increase in roof overloading scenarios due to the significant amount of snowfall in the past months. With this, there has also been an increase in ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- As the owner of several historic buildings in Yakima, Joe Mann might worry about the snow piling up on all those expansive flat roofs. Or not. Mann isn’t concerned at this point, he ...

Snow is now piled everywhere across the state and that includes on the top of our homes. An Iowa State University Extension mechanical engineer says you shouldn’t have to worry now about that snow ...

The latest ASCE/SEI 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures standard contains some notable changes. “Structural engineers should be aware of significant ...

Troy, N.Y. – Structural engineering expert Michael O'Rourke has won the prestigious 2011 Walter P. Moore Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The award cites O'Rourke's ...

The roof of the Ten Mile Room in Breckenridge collapsed under the weight of historic snowfall on Wednesday night, prompting the evacuation of roughly 70 units in the adjacent Peak 9 Inn and Chateaux ...

Trina Solar has successfully completed non-uniform snow-load testing at the CGC East China PV Testing Center with its new-generation Vertex 670W modules. Results demonstrated that the critical ...

Fairbanks’ snow load is weighing in slightly above average for this time a year, according to the city’s building department. Christoph Falke, building official at the city, said the current snow load ...