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The Burj Dubai Tower
The Burj Dubai tower, currently under construction in Dubai, UAE, will be over 600 meters tall when completed, and thus will be the world’s tallest building by a wide margin. For a building of this height and slenderness, wind forces and the resulting motions in the upper levels become dominant factors in the structural design. An extensive program of wind tunnel tests and other studies were undertaken to determine wind loading on this unique structure.

Ingredients of High-Rise Design
Recipe for a structural challenge: take one basic office tower, ‘super size’ to world’s tallest proportions, carve into a unique shape, fan (in typhoons) and shake well (in earthquakes)…Serves thousands (of tenants and visitors)...This is Taipei 101 in Taiwan, Republic of China. With a height of 1667 feet (508 m) in 101 stories, it is currently the world’s tallest building and represents a veritable smorgasbord of the design issues that apply to many high rise buildings today.

Constructability
Constructability has been defined by the Construction Industry Institute as the optimum use of construction knowledge and experience in planning, design, procurement and field operations to achieve overall project objectives. Those who advocate it as a concept claim that it can bring real benefits to all involved — clients, engineers, architects, contractors and users.

Editorial
The Promise of BIM
Joseph M. Ales Jr., Ph.D., P.E.,
SEI Board of Governors

InFocus
Podcasting, Blogs, and Wikis

Engineers Notebook
Quick Methods…

Construction Issues
Multi-Story Light-Frame Construction

Professional Issues
The Interdisciplinary Nature of Structural Fire Protection

Practical Solutions
Dampers – Do You Need Them?

Structural Forensics
Assessing Fire Damage of a Post-Tensioned Concrete Slab

Structural Practices
Building Design for Extreme Events

Structural Design
Foundation Design

NCSEA News
News from the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations
• One Voice…US Codes and Standards for Practicing Structural Engineers
• NCSEA Calendar for June
• 2006 NCSEA Annual Conference

Structural Columns
The newsletter of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE
• 2006 SEI Awards
• Journal of Structural Engineering: June 2006 • ASCE 37 Call for Suggestions for Standard
• 2006 Electrical Transmission Conference

CASE in Point
The newsletter of the Council of American Structural Engineers
• CASE Contracts Committee Revises Documents
• Magnusson Klemencic Takes It All at ACEC EEA Awards
• ACEC Launches New Liability Insurance Survey of Member Firms
• What’s Going On at CASE?

InBox

Great Achievements

Product Watch

Noteworthy

Talking Points

From Experience

 

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