The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) is pleased to announce the following 2015 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards. The awards were announced on the evening of October 2nd during the Awards Program at NCSEA’s 2015 Structural Engineering Summit in Las Vegas. The awards have been given annually since 1998 and highlight some of the best examples of structural ingenuity throughout the world. …
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The Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) proudly recognized the following recipients at the Structures Congress 2015 in Portland, Oregon on April 23, 2015: …
Congratulations on the “harmony” of this edition and the “symphony” of the 4 articles beginning with your ‘Narrative and Engineering’, continuing with Ramon Gilsane’s ‘Understanding Seismic Design through a Musical Analogy’, then ‘Reflections on the 2014 South Napa Earthquake’ by Jon A. Dal Pino and finally by the thoughtful ‘Acceptable Collapse ‘ by Reid Zimmerman. …
What Every Project Manager Needs to Know (John M. Lowe, Jr., P.E.)
Review by Keith M. Bouchard, P.E., Structural Engineer, CBI Consulting, Inc.
The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) is pleased to announce the following 2014 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards. The awards were presented on the evening of September 19 during the Awards Program at NCSEA’s 22nd Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA. The awards have been given annually since 1998 and highlight some of the best examples of structural ingenuity throughout the world. …
Clay and Concrete Masonry – 7th Edition (2012)
By David T. Biggs, P.E., S.E.
The handbook is jointly published by the Masonry Institute of America (MIA) and the International Code Council (ICC). Now in its seventh edition, the handbook continues to be a must-have reference for both structural engineers designing masonry and inspectors. The original author was James E. Amrhein, P.E., S.E. who continued developing the handbook until his passing in 2011. For the last two editions, co-authors have assisted Jim. This edition was capably co-authored by John M. Hockwalt, P.E., S.E. of KPFF Consulting Engineers, Seattle. …
Thank you for your excellent article in STRUCTURE magazine on “‘edge barrier walls” in parking structures. …
The March 2014 Structural Forum column baffled me. The author has not documented the basis of his assertion that “sustainable” buildings are only one percent better than “standard” buildings, nor did he explain why he “ignored the energy used to run buildings” even though, of the total energy used to construct and maintain a building over its lifetime, operation typically accounts for about half. …
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
As a life-long San Francisco Bay Area resident, I was motivated to write this letter when I read the two articles published in the February 2014 issue regarding the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. I found the articles topical and provocative. However, if we are to improve rush hour traffic through the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley corridor by considering the addition of a second identically configured parallel bridge adjacent to the existing one, I would have liked to have seen some of the more obvious questions/issues addressed: …
I just came across this article in STRUCTURE magazine. Drum turbines do have some of the best turbine coefficients (Ct). They do produce more efficient power then horizontal turbines in urban areas. …