STRUCTURE Articles

While some Member Organizations (MOs) have longstanding relationships with the Colleges and Universities within their territories, others have yet to make strong connections.

New clarifications focus on repairs when there is substantial structural damage (SSD) or less than SSD due to snow load.

The new ACI Center of Excellence is focusing on ways to advance construction productivity.

Type K shrinkage-compensating concrete optimizes performance and value and minimizes carbon intensity impact.

Reducing blast demands is an important aim achieved through reducing deformations.

“Then and now” structural differences for the purlin lines of an existing metal building roof in Ohio highlight the need for engineering care during a retrofit.

This article explores the subject of radial and spiderweb cracking in reinforced concrete two-way flat plates and flat slabs (herein referred to as “two-way slabs”) and the underlying reasons for it. Proper investigation of radial and spiderweb cracking will be addressed in a following issue of STRUCTURE.

Janiele Maffei is the California Earthquake Authority’s Chief Mitigation Officer and Director of Research. Among several responsibilities at CEA, she manages an incentive program that has helped more than 23,000 California residents complete code-compliant seismic retrofits. She earned an AB in architecture and an MS in structural engineering at the University of California Berkeley. She is also a past president of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California.

There are eleven member boards in NCEES (National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying) that require an engineer to have a Structural Engineer license to design some or all the buildings or bridges in their jurisdictions. There are four […]

On a tight, urban site, LPA’s West Hollywood Aquatics and Recreation Center (ARC) uses inventive structural engineering to create space for community and well-being.

Los Angeles Clippers’ new carbon neutral arena crosses over into an all-encompassing facility.

Geology, hydrology, hydraulics, and more go into the structural engineering puzzle of each dam project.