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Forell/Elsesser Engineers working in Haiti with Build Change
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January 14, 2011
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SAN FRANCISCO — Forell/Elsesser Engineers Inc. has announced the firm’s selection by Build Change to assist with the post-earthquake permanent housing reconstruction and technical assistance program in Haiti. |
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Headlines from around the Web, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011
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January 14, 2011
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From NPR.org: Haiti’s rebuilding calls for stronger structures
From 10News.com: Researchers say many Calif. buildings not quake-safe
From MontgomeryAdvertiser.com: Firm to build U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan
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PCI issues call for entries for 2011 Architectural Student Design Awards
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January 13, 2011
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CHICAGO — The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) has issued a call for entries for its 2011 Student Architectural Design Competition. The project will address total-precast concrete design solutions for multiunit housing, including concepts for duplex, apartment, senior and extended-care housing projects, as well as hotels, motels, dormitories, and military barracks. |
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KAI Texas adds to design team
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January 13, 2011
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DALLAS — Peter Stricker, RA, has joined KAI Texas as a project architect. Stricker has over 15 years of experience in architecture and design. Proficient in Autocad and Revit, his body of work includes the Radiological Laboratory/Office Utility Building at Los Alamos National Laboratories in Los Alamos, N.M., the Lee Tran Transit Headquarters for Lee County in Fort Myers, Fla., and the Chinese Hospital in San Francisco. |
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Earthquake engineering student to defend dissertation this summer
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January 12, 2011
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Like most doctoral candidates, University at Buffalo (UB) student and Haitian native Pierre Fouché is a study in focus and determination and, if anything, the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake that struck his home country only intensified these traits. As originally planned, Fouché, who came to UB for his master's degree in 2006 on a Fulbright scholarship, will defend his dissertation this summer; it describes a new technique he helped develop that can better protect bridges from damage caused by earthquakes and explosions, either malevolent or accidental.
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IES sponsors 2nd annual BrickStainable competition
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January 12, 2011
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BOSTON — Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) has announced its sponsorship of the 2nd Annual BrickStainable International Design Competition. More than 200 teams of architects, engineers, material scientists, landscape architects, ecologists and students competed to design sustainable buildings for the contest using clay brick as the primary material. |
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Mead & Hunt and RPM Engineers announce merger
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January 11, 2011
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MADISON, WIS. — Mead & Hunt Inc. and RPM Engineers have merged, now operating as one entity under the Mead & Hunt name. |
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Structural engineers express concern with new LEED draft
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January 11, 2011
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RESTON, VA. — In public comments submitted to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Sustainability Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) expressed serious concern with changes related to the use of structural materials in the new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) 2012 rating system draft. |
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Virginia Tech researcher assesses seismic hazard of central-Eastern U.S.
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January 10, 2011
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 BLACKSBURG, VA. — As U.S. policy makers renew emphasis on the use of nuclear energy in their efforts to reduce the country's oil dependence, other factors come into play. One concern of paramount importance is the seismic hazard at the site where nuclear reactors are located.
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Headlines from around the Web, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011
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January 7, 2011
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From Bloomberg.com: Australia infrastructure hit hard by floods
From SeattlePI.com: State signs tunnel contract
From Mail Online: Italian architects create transparent cement |
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BIM technology at the heart of Chester Zoo expansion
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January 7, 2011
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LOS ANGELES — AECOM Technology Corp. has announced that it employed building information modeling (BIM) technology to design, analyze and prototype the Heart of Africa Biodome, the centerpiece of the $351-million expansion of the Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom.
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CSRI launches concrete building system selection and optimization tool
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January 7, 2011
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SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) has introduced Reinforced Concrete Explorer — a web-based centerpiece of a new conceptual stage building system selection and optimization resource for development teams. |
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NIST awards structural research contract to Virginia Tech
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January 5, 2011
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BLACKSBURG, VA. — A next generation of design criteria for buildings located in geographic regions where earthquakes are known to occur, either rarely or frequently, is under development at Virginia Tech through a research contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). |
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The top 10 Structural Engineering & Design magazine articles of 2010
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January 4, 2011
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The editors of Structural Engineering & Design magazine present the top 10 most-read magazine articles of 2010. |
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Headlines from around the Web, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011
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January 3, 2011
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From Post-Gazette.com: Temple U. to undergo $1.2B upgrade
From CrainsNewYork.com: LEED under fire
From JOC.com: Port leaders opt to raise rather than replace Bayonne Bridge
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Bentley program to give UniSA students competitive edge
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December 31, 2010
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EXTON, PA. — Bentley Systems Inc. has announced that students and professors at the University of South Australia (UniSA) now have unlimited access to Bentley’s commercial-grade software for designing, building, and operating infrastructure, as well as unlimited training in its application. |
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Research seeks design guidelines for composite bridges
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December 31, 2010
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BRISTOL, U.K. — Extensive use of advanced composite materials — glass and /or carbon fibre reinforced polymers — could be the answer to building bridges in half the time, thereby dramatically reducing costs and traffic flow disruption during construction without altering the structural reliability of the completed bridges. New research led by Wendel Sebastian, senior lecturer in structural engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering at Bristol University, is looking at the use of advanced composite decks for traffic bridges. |
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Headlines from around the Web, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010
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December 29, 2010
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From NYTimes.com: Chicago to see redeveloped lakefront site
From GreenBuildingPro.com: Green-building industry trending upward
From FoxNews.com: Chicago leads U.S. construction job losses
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Headlines from around the Web, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
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December 22, 2010
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From ENR.com: Army Corps of Engineers aid flood-hit Colombia
From Reuters.com: Institute shows rise in architecture billings
From CityBizList.com: Study reveals sustainable building trends
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Bentley receives honors at Construction Computing Awards 2010
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December 22, 2010
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EXTON, PA. — Bentley Systems Inc. has announced that the company’s GenerativeComponents V8i technology preview and use of social media received top honors at the Construction Computing Awards 2010 event (also known as The Hammers V) held at The Tower hotel, London. |
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AISC names new VP of certification; director of technical assistance
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December 22, 2010
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CHICAGO — Jacques Cattan has been named the American Institute of Steel Construction's (AISC) vice president of certification; and Heath Mitchell, P.E., replaces the late Kurt D. Gustafson as AISC's director of technical assistance. |
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Rutgers University to honor engineer
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December 22, 2010
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FAIRFAX, VA. — In recognition of a distinguished 41-year career in the engineering profession, Dr. Gary E. Neuwerth, PE, has been selected by Rutgers University to receive the School of Engineering Medal of Excellence Award for Alumni Lifetime Achievement. |
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Autodesk honors Penn State for utilization of BIM and IPD
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December 21, 2010
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SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk Inc. has announced that Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) has been awarded an Autodesk BIM Experience Award. The university’s Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the Department of Architectural Engineering are being honored for extensive incorporation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and integrated project delivery (IPD) in its architecture, landscape architecture and architectural engineering curricula. |
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ACI announces new concrete sustainability award
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December 20, 2010
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FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has announced the new ACI Concrete Sustainability Award and is currently seeking submissions for its first award in 2012. |
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Headlines from around the Web, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010
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December 20, 2010
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From MSNBC: U.S. no longer leader in epic infrastructure projects
From Daily Commercial News Online: BIM can lead to lifecycle cost savings
From Chron.com: NASA building achieves LEED platinum
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Bentley to join consortium for U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center
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December 17, 2010
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EXTON, PA. — Bentley Systems Inc. has announced that it has been selected to join the consortium, led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) focused on building energy efficiency. |
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2009 IBC Structural Provisions Seminar Series
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December 17, 2010
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PALATINE, ILL. — S. K. Ghosh Associates Inc. announces an upcoming seminars series: Transitioning from the 2006 IBC to the 2009 IBC Structural Provisions in California and Colorado. In preparation for the transition to the 2009 IBC (effective date January 1, 2011 in California), S.K. Ghosh and Susan Dowty will discuss the major new features of the 2009 IBC structural provisions. |
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Video: Metrodome roof collapses
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December 16, 2010
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Fox Sports captured footage of the Minneapolis Metrodome's roof collapsing under the weight of snow.
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Video: Bay Bridge Phase III underway
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December 16, 2010
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Work has begun on the third section of tower for the new Bay Bridge eastern span.
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Headlines from around the Web, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010
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December 16, 2010
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From NewsWise.com: Engineers enhance building designs to withstand quakes
From OCRegister.com: AEG proposes $1B L.A. stadium
From ContraCostaTimes.com: Bay Bridge Phase III under way
From Johns Hopkins University: JHU experiments could lead to stronger buildings
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