STRUCTURE Articles

This article is the second of a three-part Joint Summer Series, “Disaster Response and Lessons Learned,” produced by NCSEA, SEI, and CASE.

The uncertainty surrounding artificial intelligence—its potential, its limitations, and its implications for structural engineering—has created a collective unease across our industry. We can either let that discomfort paralyze us, or we can confront it directly.

Practicing engineers can use the suggestions in this article as a guide when designing buildings with screen walls.

Concepts such as mean recurrence interval offer a useful framework for interpreting wind design intent, even as code formats and load combinations change over time.

A steel moment frame structure case study merges a modular biaxial steel special moment frame system and a prescriptive damped frame design method.

A building doesn’t have to look like a fortress to have heightened security and resilience.

Amazon’s DII5 delivery station and logistics facility is a breakthrough in industrial mass timber construction.

A new prestandard provides a standardized path for carbon assessments.

ChatGPT used as a tool in the engineer’s handbag highlighted areas of opportunity for improved professional coordination during restoration and rehabilitation projects.

Potential code changes are being advanced by several organizations, including revisions to existing codes and standards as well as the development of new ones.

Early-career task-level work can shape the development of judgment over time.

This quarterly article addresses some of the questions received about structural standards developed by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Questions from engineers, building officials, and other design professionals are often considered to develop future editions.