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Sutton Receives 2009 PCI Medal of Honor
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November 18, 2009
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SAN ANTONIO — C. Douglas Sutton, Ph.D., professor emeritus at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., was awarded the 2009 Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor, PCI's highest award, recognizes a member’s outstanding service to the institute or contributions to the industry over a long period of time...
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W. R. Meadows, Inc., forms new subsidiary: Blue Ridge Fiberboard, Inc. to revive Celotex brand
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November 18, 2009
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HAMPSHIRE, IL — Construction products industry leader W. R. Meadows, Inc. announced the formation of a new subsidiary, Blue Ridge Fiberboard, Inc., to resume the manufacturing of Celotex branded fiberboard products. The company made the announcement following its purchase of Knight-Celotex which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in June of 2009...
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CTBUH changes height criteria, Burj Dubai height increases
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November 17, 2009
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CHICAGO — The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) — the international body that arbitrates on tall building height and determines the title of “The World’s Tallest Building” — has announced a change to its height criteria, as a reflection of recent developments with several super-tall buildings.
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Healthcare and Steel Construction: Success at the Children’s Hospital of Chicago
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November 17, 2009
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CHICAGO — On October 20th, 2009, the Associated Steel Erectors and the American Institute of Steel Construction hosted a breakfast presentation and project site tour of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. This project will be the tallest Children’s Hospital in the United States at 24 stories and more than 1.25 million square feet. The presentation focused on the challenges and successes that the structural engineer, contractor, and erector experienced throughout the design and construction process and answered how building information modeling (BIM) and early project involvement by the contractor and specialty contractor provided the owner with a comprehensive building result. The presentations were recorded are available to view, along with a virtual tour of the hospital...
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William Bast of Thornton Tomasetti named president of NCESA
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November 17, 2009
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CHICAGO — William D. Bast, P.E., S.E., SECB, a principal in the Chicago office of Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., the international engineering firm with practices in structural engineering and building performance, has been named president of the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA)...
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Tekla provides BIM Software for Middle Tennessee State University’s Concrete Industry Management Program
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November 16, 2009
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ATLANTA — Through their education program Tekla, Inc. has equipped Middle Tennessee State University’s (MTSU) Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Program with Tekla’s complete suite of 3D building information modeling (BIM) software, Tekla Structures. The software will be available to every student and professor and will become an integral part of course work...
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Abu Dhabi to have unified building codes in early 2010
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November 12, 2009
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Abu Dhabi — Outside banking and economics, regulators rarely hit the headlines but the rapid expansion of the built environment in burgeoning Abu Dhabi has put the men and women who ensure the safety of those who live and work in the emirate under unusually intense scrutiny...
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ICC elects officers, directors
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November 11, 2009
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the International Code Council elected Clark County (Nevada) Director of Development Services Ron Lynn as President, Decatur (Alabama) Building Director Jimmy Brothers as Vice President and Chesterfield County (Virginia) Building Official Bill Dupler as Secretary/Treasurer...
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Bentley Hevacomp Software for Building Energy Design, Analysis, and Simulation Leverages gbXML
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November 11, 2009
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PHOENIX — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, announced that it has added Green Building XML (gbXML) 0.37 schema support to its Hevacomp products for building energy design, analysis, and simulation....
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Study explores why women leave engineering careers
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November 10, 2009
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MILWAUKEE — While only one in 10 male engineers leave their field by the time they reach their 30s, about one in four women are not working in engineering despite having completed the necessary education. A study getting under way at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) will explore the reasons for the relatively large gap between the number of women who obtain engineering degrees but leave the field or never enter, and those who pursue careers and remain...
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New CEO for PCS Structural Solutions
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November 10, 2009
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TACOMA, WASH. — Brian Phair, S.E., is the new CEO of PCS Structural Solutions, a single discipline structural engineering firm with offices in Seattle and Tacoma. Phair was previously Vice President, and remains the Managing Principal of the Tacoma office. Craig Stauffer, S.E., continues as President of the company and Managing Principal of the Seattle office...
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Survey: How do you use your mobile phone and the Internet?
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November 9, 2009
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CHICAGO — Technological advancements in mobile devices and social media are changing the ways engineers connect with clients and with each other. To document these changes, the editors of CE News, Structural Engineer, and Rebuilding America's Infrastructure are seeking to learn how you use your mobile phone and the Internet to perform your job and support your career. Please take a brief — less than five minutes — online survey to share the role this technology plays in your workday. Click here to take the survey.
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Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. announces promotions
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November 9, 2009
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NORTHBROOK, IL. — Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE), is pleased to announce 10 promotions to principal and associate principal...
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New inertial MEMS accelerometers expected to benefit infrastructure and seismic monitoring
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November 5, 2009
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PALO ALTO, CALIF. — HP introduced inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers that it says are as much as 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently available. A MEMS accelerometer is a sensor that can be used to measure vibration, shock or change in velocity. By deploying many of these detectors as part of a complete sensor network, HP will enable real-time data collection, management, evaluation, and analysis to improve safety, security, and sustainability for a range of applications, such as bridge and infrastructure health monitoring, geophysical mapping, mine exploration, and earthquake monitoring...
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Construction owners look to service providers for more comprehensive support across the entire building lifecycle
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November 3, 2009
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RALEIGH, N.C.— the FMI/CMAA Tenth Annual Survey of Owners portrays a construction owner community that is responding to changing economic conditions by looking to service providers for more comprehensive support across the entire building lifecycle. During 2008 and 2009, the economic turmoil has resulted in a dramatic shift in the business environment for the A/E/C industry and this shift or “inflection point” represents a significant moment of change...
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PCI sustainability chair discusses LCA research at ASTM workshop
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November 3, 2009
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ATLANTA — Jim Lewis, chairman of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s Sustainability Council, recently participated in a panel discussion about life-cycle assessments (LCAs) at a sustainability workshop in Atlanta, Ga. The workshop was developed by ASTM International Committee E60, Sustainability, in response to strong demand from ASTM committee members. “There is a demand for factual data out there related to sustainability. LCA is one of the best tools we currently have to quantify environmental impact,” said Lewis...
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Degenkolb Engineers James O. Malley and David Bonneville awarded two top honors
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November 3, 2009
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SAN FRANCISCO — Degenkolb Engineers received word during the same week that the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) announced that Jim Malley received the 2010 AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award and that the National Council of Structural Engineering Associations (NCSEA) named David Bonneville the 2009 Robert Cornforth Award recipient...
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Preconstruction photo documentation just got better
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November 2, 2009
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After 15 years working as a civil engineer, Brian Long has managed to marry his personal passion — photography — with his professional expertise, as owner and operator of JB Long Photography in South Carolina.
Long takes excellent photographs, but his eye might be better suited for recognizing powerful trends, because his innovative work in preconstruction photo documentation is likely a (if not the) model for the future.
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International airport terminal project called 'Model for the Future'
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October 30, 2009
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ISTANBUL – The opening of an innovative airport this week marks a new era in seismic safety design, expedited planning, design and building construction. On October 31, 2009 the new international airport will open in Istanbul, Turkey. The Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SGIA) terminal features the largest seismically-isolated building in the world, designed and constructed at record speed.
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CTBUH names Steven Holl’s Linked Hybrid “Best Tall Building Overall – 2009”
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October 28, 2009
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CHICAGO — The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named Linked Hybrid by Steven Holl Architects as the “Best Tall Building Overall” for 2009. With its rich pallet, appropriate scale and consistency in architectural language, Linked Hybrid adds a level of high quality architecture to the city of Beijing. Working well above the level of purely sculptural architecture, the project embodies, on an urbanistic scale, where the future of tall buildings and urban cities is heading, creating architecture that does not isolate, but rather connects both on the ground level and in the sky. This creates both a unique ground floor that acts as an oasis in the density of Beijing, and a real multi-use zone of connected urbanism in the sky....
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ASCE sends post-diaster assessment team to Samoa to study effects of earthquake and tsunami
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October 23, 2009
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A technical assessment team from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will travel to the Samoan islands to study the impact of the September 29, 2009 earthquake and tsunami on the region’s infrastructure...
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CIFE researchers document significant benefits of integrated BIM and field computing solution
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October 22, 2009
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REDWOOD CITY, CALIF./ HELSINKI, FINLAND / BOSTON — DPR Construction leverages an integrated combination of Tekla Structures Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Vela Systems field software in its doors, frame, and hardware (DFH) self-perform construction business. The three companies announced the availability of a case study profiling the implementation and benefits of this integrated combination...
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ACI seeks submissions for 2010 conventions
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October 22, 2009
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FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is currently seeking submissions for sessions taking place during the ACI Spring 2010 Convention in Chicago, Ill. and the ACI Fall 2010 Convention in Pittsburgh, Pa. ...
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CTBUH recognize John Portman with Lifetime Achievement Award
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October 22, 2009
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ATLANTA — The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named John Portman, Founder and Chairman of John Portman & Associates, the 2009 Lynn S. Beedle Award Winner...
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Pioneering preservationist, structural engineer retires after 56 years
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October 21, 2009
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PHILADELPHIA — Pioneering historic preservationist, structural engineer, and founding principal of Keast & Hood Co., Nick Gianopulos will retire with a celebration on November 13. He played a leading role in the restoration of Independence Hall, the 1989 emergency stabilization of the Academy of Music, and in the design education of countless young architects and engineers...
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2009 MacArthur Fellows includes structural engineer
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October 19, 2009
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CHICAGO — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation recently named 24 new MacArthur Fellows for 2009. Among this year’s recipients is Theodore Zoli is a structural engineer who is leading the design of elegant and enduring bridges around the world and making major technological advances to protect transportation infrastructure in the event of natural and man-made disasters...
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Strategic Development Council focuses on BIM and performance concrete
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October 16, 2009
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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The concrete industry’s Strategic Development Council (SDC) held its regular fall meeting earlier this month with focus on Building Information Modeling (BIM), performance concrete, self-consolidating concrete, and Technology Showcases. During the meeting, Building Information Modeling (BIM) was discussed at length, and SDC secured a total of $75,000 from the Charles Pankow Foundation and the RMC Research Education Foundation...
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Bentley Announces Winners of 2009 Be Inspired Awards
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October 15, 2009
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bentley Systems, Inc., announced the 17 winners of the 2009 Be Inspired Awards, during a dinner and awards ceremony at an invitation-only gathering of top users from around the globe. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world’s infrastructure. An independent panel of Be Inspired Awards jurors, which included accomplished Bentley users and distinguished industry experts, selected the winning projects from more than 250 nominations...
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Richard Tomasetti and Dennis Poon featured at Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Conference in Chicago
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October 15, 2009
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NEW YORK — Richard Tomasetti, founding principal of Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm with practices in building structure, building skin and building performance, will be a featured speaker at this year’s Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s “Evolution of the Skyscraper” Conference in Chicago on Oct. 22-23...
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Stagnito Media announced the fourth annual Best Architecture Firms To Work For list
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October 15, 2009
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CHICAGO — Stagnito Media announced the fourth annual Best Architecture Firms To Work For list. We were excited that 31 firms applied and 15 were named to our top list. Top firms include JMZ Architects and Planners, P.C., TowerPinkster, Taylor...
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