STRUCTURE Articles

ATLAS FABRICATES THE FUTURE The venue’s massive, semispherical frame sits just south of Sands Avenue and east of Las Vegas Boulevard. The Sphere’s revolutionary design takes up 750,000 square feet and comfortably seats 18,500 concertgoers. It boasts an eye-catching steel […]

To view the figures and tables associated with this article, please refer to the flipbook above. The Fort Snelling Road bridge was a joint venture between the federal government and Ramsey County of Minnesota. Minnesota had passed laws in 1876, […]

IoT technologies can help engineers identify deficiencies in real time, before failures happen.

The Post-Tension Institute (PTI) DC10.5 is one of many referenced standards in the building code, and it stands alone from the requirements of the originating codes, as well as the ACI.

This article focuses on the new roles and responsibilities of structural engineers to lower embodied carbon, and how to collectively advance lower carbon concrete usage responsibly.

Recent and upcoming advances in qualification and design of adhesives will provide clarity and confidence for designers.

Efficient load transfer, reduced costs, and simple installation make grouted mechanical splices a good option for resilient concrete structures.

Designers must balance the sometimes conflicting needs of gravity, fire safety, and seismic drift.

Timber-concrete composite, or TCC, framing systems provide a unique opportunity to leverage components that are inherent to mass timber buildings to create a strong, stiff floor system that could not be achieved using timber alone.

To view the figures and tables associated with this article, please refer to the flipbook above. Tanya de Hoog, 2024 President of the Institution of Structural Engineers and Chief Engineer, Eminence and Innovation Officer at Aurecon, is a structural engineer […]

When I was just beginning my career, a colleague invited me to an SEAOI dinner meeting at the famed Cliff Dwellers Club on South Michigan Avenue overlooking Grant Park in Chicago. Having nothing scheduled for that evening, I said yes. […]

The seismic retrofit of the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles serves as a model for balancing modern engineering demands with the preservation of architectural heritage.