Walk into almost any house built before 1990 and the odds are high that one repair keeps showing up first: structural movement that starts in the foundation and ripples through everything above it.

PittDES announced an expanded homeowner education initiative in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, embedding clear, engineering-driven guidance into structural consultations to combat foundation ...

Structural engineers often require below-grade expansion joints to accommodate the independent movement of adjacent elements such as basement foundations, tunnels, parking garages, or utility vaults.