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August 2005
Green Construction

Sustainability Action Plan
Amidst building industry momentum
for sustainability, many structural engineers are still wondering how to
make sustainability real within their everyday practice. This article suggests an action plan for the structural engineer asking how to make sustainability real in everyday practice.

Our Earth Sheltered Home
Read how one structural engineer brought structural sustainability home from the office…designing and constructing his own earth sheltered home.

Engineering Structures into Green Design
An overview of issues related to Green Design for structural engineers typically unaccustomed to viewing themselves as part of the green building process.

Straw-Bale Structures
In the early 1900s, farmers homesteading in Nebraska built load-bearing structures from straw bales. At the time, timber was in short supply in the area. Today, straw-bale construction has spread throughout the U.S. and numerous examples exist in other parts of the world.

Editorial
From the Desk of…The Recent NIST Report
Ronald O. Hamburger, S.E.
NCSEA President

Codes and Standards
Updates on codes and standards…
2005 Masonry Design Provisions

Structural Forum
Topics of Current Importance...
Green Building Rating Systems

Blast Resistant Steel Stud Walls
As blast resistant construction continues to be investigated, new and innovative techniques are being developed to reduce the weight and the cost of the systems.


It’s All About Green...
Green Steel
Green Concrete
Green Masonry
Green Wood

NCSEA News
News from the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations
• Marshmallow Structures
• NCSEA 13th Annual Conference: Kansas City, MO

Structural Columns
The newsletter of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE
• August Issue of the Journal of Structural Engineering
• ASCE 25-97 Public Comment Period
• Nominations for Technical Region Director
• Sustainable Infrastructure

CASE In Point
The newsletter of the Council of American Structural Engineers
• McGraw Hill Award
• Gen. McCaffrey to Keynote at ACEC Fall Conference
• ACEC Backed Tax Legislation
• OSHA Steel Erection Fact Sheet

2005 Photo Contest

Spotlight

Risk Management

Noteworthy

Book Case

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