STRUCTURE Articles

Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, PC was an Outstanding Award Winner for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art project in the 2012 NCSEA Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering awards program (Category – New Buildings over $100 Million) Crystal Bridges Museum […]

Disputes over payment are seldom pleasant. They can be particularly unpleasant when a client claims that the work was in some way deficient or less than what was required by its contract and refuses to pay the full amount of […]

Could Socrates help us understand how structural engineering knowledge is attained? We know from his actions, and through Plato’s writings, that he is clearly able to help us understand the importance of a liberal education. How does this translate to […]

I am sure you have seen a gaggle of geese flying in a “V” formation. The lead goose creates an “aerodynamic draft” for the other geese in the flight enabling them to fly farther. He expends his energy fighting headwinds […]

Why It Almost Mattered At the time of this writing, a vacant former bakery is standing for a few more days at the corner of Fifth Street North and Seventh Avenue North, just outside of the official boundary of the […]

Concrete Capacity Design (CCD) has been a code methodology for anchor design since it was introduced directly into section 1913 of the 2000 International Building Code (IBC). It was initially a strength design option and was limited to cast-in-place anchors […]

Why a Code? In March 2012, the International Code Council (ICC) published the first edition of the International Green Construction CodeTM (2012 IGCCTM). The need for the development of a code-enforcable set of green building requirements arose from the fact […]

Nondestructive and In -Situ Methods Owners and designers may find themselves confronted with the task of deciding what to do with an existing masonry building, particularly if there will be a change of use or modifications to the structural system. Part […]

As an insurance agent working with design firms every day, the new year often begins with phone calls from my engineer clients asking me about document retention. Many of these firms still maintain paper project files along with electronic copies, […]

Each year, the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) gives undergraduate engineering students the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned, and showcase their engineering skills, through the annual SEI Student Competition. I want to take this opportunity to recognize the top three […]

In 2012, three members of NCSEA Member Organizations under the age of 35 received scholarships to attend the Annual Conference in Saint Louis for writing essays on the benefits of Young Member Groups (YMGs) within Structural Engineers Associations (SEAs). Heather […]

It’s amazing that something as simple and as common as wood-framed stair stringers do not yet have specific prescriptive code construction provisions. Despite the commonality of wood-framed stair stringers, they still suffer from structural performance issues which result in scenarios […]