The renovation of an obsolete manufacturing facility into a state-of-the-art ice hockey development center presented challenges that required creativity, teamwork, and an owner committed to following a lifelong dream in order to keep the project on schedule and under budget. …
On April 8, 2013, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport opened the first stage of the PHX Sky Train™, a 5-mile long automated transit system exclusively serving the Airport. Expected to carry 2.5 million passengers a year, the system provides a dedicated, streamlined, safe, convenient, and more sustainable transportation link between airport terminals, parking lots, rental car center and regional light-rail transit facilities, and reduces congestion around the airport terminals. This is no small feat given that Sky Harbor is one of the ten busiest airports in the country. …
The National Society of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) is pleased to present the 2013 survey of schools and colleges throughout the United States. The schools surveyed offer educational opportunities for students desiring to become professional civil/structural engineers. NCSEA has sponsored the survey since 2002. …
The New York State Capitol, designed in various stages by a succession of architects including Leopold Eidlitz and H.H. Richardson, was built between 1869 and 1899. This landmark building illustrates both Second Empire and Richardsonian Romanesque elements and is an architectural masterpiece with ornate carved stone, vibrant paint finishes and decorative glass, and decorative tiled floors. …
Growing optimism in the construction industry is bringing with it new products and services, as companies offer more value and advanced features to keep up with customer demand and their own competitors.
At West Jordan, Utah-based CoreBrace, LLC, Chief Engineer Brandt Saxey says that growth in the steel industry is increasing his sales. …
In 2012, the University of Washington (UW) completed a five-building, $109 million construction project, adding nearly 1,700 student housing beds. Known as West Campus Student Housing – Phase I, the 668,800-square-foot project is the first of four phases planned by UW to add much-needed student housing to its Seattle campus, which has an enrollment of more than 42,000 students. …
The CUNY John Jay College School of Criminal Justice Expansion Project is a new 625,000-square foot academic building in Midtown Manhattan. The facility consists of a 15-story tower on 11th Avenue and a four-story podium with a garden roof that connects to the College’s existing Haaren Hall on 10th Avenue. Following significant growth in criminal justice interest over the last decade (partially in response to the attacks of September 11th) the new building was planned to accomplish a doubling of the existing facilities and unification of the campus into one city block – creating an academic city within a city. …
This is the second article highlighting the innovative design features of Federal Center South Building 1202. “A Worthy Wager: The Innovative Use of Composite Concrete & Timber Floors on Federal Center South” was featured in the April 2013 edition of STRUCTURE.
The recently completed Federal Center South Building 1202, serving as the Seattle District Headquarters for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), is a state-of-the-art office building resulting from architectural, structural, and construction innovation and collaboration. …
When the newly built San Diego Central Library opens its doors in autumn 2013, it will be a landmark project for both the City of San Diego and the project’s design and construction teams alike. The project presents multiple unique challenges in its many unique structural frame components, most of which are architecturally expressed with minimal treatment. …
Fort Jefferson National Monument is located in the Dry Tortugas, a group of sand bars 70 miles west of Key West, Florida. This great pile of 16 million bricks surrounding coral concrete cores was originally intended to defend a harbor for ships of the US Navy, allowing the naval forces to control shipping through the Straits of Florida and, ultimately, to control trade through the Gulf of Mexico and into the Mississippi River. …