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April 2011

COVER STORY

Good design vibes

FEATURES

SUCCESS STORIES

Structural variations

WOOD

Designing high-performance wood-framed walls

STEEL BUILDING SOLUTIONS

Innovations in cold-formed steel framing

BIM

New revelation of BIM

DEPARTMENTS

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING & DESIGN ONLINE

New MLB ballpark uses unbonded post-tensioning method

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Unsung heroes

COLUMNS

THE VIEW FROM HERE

Washington Monument: Nearly America's very own 'Leaning Tower of Pisa'

RISK MANAGEMENT

Using pre-claims assistance to mitigate loss

CODE SIMPLE

2009 IBC Sections 1607.9 and 1607.11 Reduction in Live Loads

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Designing with Manufactured Structural Thermal Break Assemblies

SEISMIC ZONE

The unseen dangers of earthquakes

STRUCTURAL HISTORY

Fazlur Rahman Khan, Ph.D. (1929-1982)

PRODUCTS

SPECIFIERS' GUIDE

Retaining walls

NEW & NOTEWORTHY

Portfolio balancing, scanner software, roofing, shelter system

WEB EXCLUSIVE

PROJECT CASE STUDY

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A brighter outlook After years of ups and downs, cautious optimism greeted 2012. While economic progress lagged in 2011, this year started off with most in the consulting engineering industry adjusting and rising to the challenges of a volatile economy.

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