As digital media becomes more common, Structural Engineer wants to keep you abreast of all of the good things happening online. Following are previews of several green product case study articles that are available exclusively on GoStructural.com:

How to contribute to LEED
A structural engineer’s guide
An astute structural engineer is a valuable design team member to help implement sustainable design principles. In this article, BHB Consulting Engineers, PC, discusses several of the ways that structural engineers can contribute to earning LEED points.

Rotunda roof feature easily designed with SIPs
ACH Foam Technologies earns top marks for Colorado school
Structural insulated panels (SIPs) were specified to frame unique architectural features on roof sections of a Weld County Middle School, located in Severance, Colo. SIPs were chosen for their design flexibility and material cost savings.

Support Brigade Barracks at Fort Campbell, Ky., meets DOD requirements
The Steel Network, Inc., provides lateral-resistant systems
The Support Brigade Barracks at Fort Campbell, Ky., required a design conforming to progressive collapse requirements as set by the Department of Defense within UFC 04-23-03. The StiffWall SWS lateral bracing system produced by The Steel Network, Inc., was chosen to resist the seismic-induced lateral forces because it possesses several distinct design and installation advantages.

In addition, visit GoStructural.com to learn about recently launched eChannels, webcasts, and eEvents:

• BIMChannel.com — news, articles, webcasts, videos, events, and company links related to building information modeling for structural and civil engineers.
• Webcasts — sponsored, online presentations at www.gostructural.com/webcasts
• eConference — the Engineering Design and Technology eConference is scheduled for Oct. 8. Earn two PDHs during this free, half-day online event; visit www.econference.stagntiomedia.com

Our sister publication CE News also provides exclusive online content. Additionally, the 2009 launch of Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure’s yields a website and a quarterly magazine that caters to engineers and transportation professionals. Articles of interest from those sites include the following:

CENews.com — Investing in intelligent infrastructure
Advanced sensing and computing technologies enable structures and systems to self-monitor, self-diagnose, and self-correct throughout their life cycle.

RebuildingAmericasInfrastructure.com — Replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct
Tunneling advances provide an answer for Seattle’s waterfront highway dilemma.