Though suspended ceilings (above, right) remain the most popular ceiling system option, facility managers report that 17% of their total building square footage still features an open plenum ...

If a home has a basement, 99.9 percent of the time the ceiling will more than likely be cluttered with various cables and wires, plumbing runs, ductwork and any other mechanical system components that ...

Dear James: One room has recurring cracks in the plaster ceiling. Instead of more repairs, is it wise to add a dropped tile ceiling to use it as a home theater? Dear Gary: Once cracks start to develop ...

Keywords: Fragility methods. Suspended ceiling systems. Failure. Structural performance. Nonstructural damage. Systematic studies. Vulnerability. Structural analyses ...