Nov 2006 Cover

November, 2006 Issue

Steel

Currently the tallest building in Latin America, Torre Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico, is the 2005 NCSEA Merit Award Winner for New Buildings Over $30 Million. The tower superstructure utilizes the composite construction of steel columns encased in reinforced concrete up to the 30th floor. Above the 30th floor, steel was the primary material for the structural framing.

Maximizing the Impact of Constructability
The third in a series, the case study reviewed here features the process for accomplishing Constructability, and presents the tremendous impact that this process delivered for Mercy Health Partners at their new regional heart center in Toledo, Ohio.

The Burj Dubai Tower
Super-tall buildings have historically been termed 'wind generators' reflecting the results of placing a very tall project in the environment that induce downdrafts which become horizontal winds at the tower base. Extensive wind tunnel testing was recommended for the Burj Dubai Tower to better understand realistic design forces for the building cladding as well as pedestrian comfort, and to develop mitigation measures.

Condition Assessment of Steel Structures
Fitness-for-service (FFS) is a common sense engineering approach to evaluating the suitability of a structure for its intended service, can provide the foundation for establishing the remaining life of a structure and, thereby, provide a platform for making capital based decisions for repair or replacement.
COLUMNS

Editorial
One-Voice Initiative... it is Working! Greg Robinson, NCSEA President

InFocus
Sensible Security

Structural Practices
Fire Events

Structural Design
Take a Few Moments to Do It Right

Codes & Standards
Connection Design in the New AISC Manual

Building Blocks
History of Cold Formed Steel

Practical Solutions
What are the Boundaries on Wind Testing?

Historic Structures
The Restoration of Texas Courthouses

Structural Forum
What's Wrong with Steel Drawings?

Structural Forensics
Failure Trends

Construction Issues
Leverage Value from Up-Down Construction
DEPARTMENTS
InBox
Bookcase
Professional Issues
From Experience
Code Updates
Case Business Practices
Spotlight
Noteworthy
Uplinks (Software Updates)
Great Achievements
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