The historic inner dome and the interior supporting walls of the West Virginia State Capitol Building were found to have structural deficiencies. Using 3-D finite element analysis modeling and laboratory testing to determine material properties for the unique coconut fiber reinforced plaster elements, repairs were designed to strengthen portions of the existing building and incorporate supplemental supports to preserve the integrity of this important structure. Additionally, it was necessary to support the dome in-place while the walls beneath the dome were removed entirely and rebuilt.
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Enhance Your Firm’s Competitive Position and Success
Daily actions and decisions can have broad implications to your firm’s business. Strategic thinkers understand how their actions and decisions support their firm’s competitive position and success. Designed and presented by a structural engineer for all structural engineers, this webinar series will help you gain the knowledge and skills you need to practice strategic thinking each and every day to boost your firm’s success.
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SEI professional and Graduate Student Chapters serve 1,000+ members’ technical and professional needs through local events. SEI Chapters organize technical and social events, field visits, construction tours, scholarships, K-12 outreach, and more. Several SEI Chapters have shifted to virtual since COVID-19 and have increased attendance through this transition. Read more at www.asce.org/SEINews.
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Congratulations go out to the following CASE Member firms for winning Grand Awards:
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Presented on: May 26, 2021
Webinar Sponsored by DEWALT
Description: Elco FLEX Technology offers engineers options when designing fastener connections to metal by providing strength, ductility and resistance to embrittlement required for critical applications. We will discuss why fasteners fail, how to specify self-drilling fasteners and how Elco’s FLEX line has you covered.
… Apr, 2021
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Innovation in the industry is all around us. Join STRUCTURE for a software innovation webinar series featuring SkyCiv, Simpson Strong-Tie, BQE Core Engineer, and Hilti – from the comfort of your (home) office. This webinar series is hosted by STRUCTURE advertisers and is FREE to all participants.
… Apr, 2021
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Presented on: May 5, 2021
Webinar Sponsored by BQE
Consolidating All Your Business Functions into a Single Source of Truth
Most engineering firms are so focused on delivering their professional services that they rarely have time to improve – let alone, perfect – their own business operations. This webinar will discuss state-of-the-art solutions designed to consolidate your firms disparate functions into a single, real-time platform so that you can finally reach your true potential.
… Apr, 2021
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The Dublin Link Pedestrian Bridge
The Dublin Link was designed to create an iconic destination for Dublin, Ohio, activate the Scioto River corridor, and literally tie together the Eastern and Western sides of the city. The formal aesthetic and structural methods were developed simultaneously to create a single coherent vision. The resulting bridge is the longest single-sided suspension S-curve bridge in the world. It is supported by an expressive central pylon that the bridge deck passes through, conceptualized as the gateway between the historic town center and the newly developed mixed-use district on the East bank. The form and arrangement of the tower and bridge cross-section were developed through theoretical stress-shaping and refined through digitally-driven optimization.
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NCSEA is proud to announce a new scholarship opportunity funded by the NCSEA Foundation. The NCSEA Diversity in Structural Engineering Scholarship was established as part of ongoing initiatives to strengthen equity, diversity, and inclusion programs. This scholarship will provide funding to students who have been traditionally underrepresented in structural engineering, including but not limited to Black/African Americans, Native/Indigenous Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and other people of color.
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In response to the severe winter storms and failure of the electrical grid in Texas, the ASCE Library has assembled papers highlighting the limitations of current electrical grid infrastructure. Open to registered ASCE Library users through April 23 at https://ascelibrary.org/electricgrid2021.