STRUCTURE Articles

The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) is pleased to share winners of the 2024 Excellence in Structural Engineering (SEE) Awards, which were announced during NCSEA’s Structural Engineering Summit, held November 5-8, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Structural glass design requires a unique approach in the absence of robust codified standards.

Since 2020, the SE 2050 Commitment Program has collected emissions data of over 500 building projects with corresponding structural design characteristics. Key takeaways from the inaugural analysis of the database are shared here.

This Part 2 of a three-part series explores thermal bridging of building facade systems, how it relates to structural engineers, and mitigation strategies. Part 1 ran in the November issue of STRUCTURE.

Aimee Corn, PE, the youngest member to serve on SEI’s national board of governors, is a dam engineer in Gannett Fleming’s Denver office.

The only way to start off an update about the SEI Futures Fund is to say THANK YOU! Thank you to SEI Futures Fund Donors, and especially Ashraf Habibullah and Computers & Structures, Inc. for the 3-to-1 donation match in […]

Engineers are equipped to apply their skills and influence to improve the global economy in terms of being socially equitable and environmentally sustainable.

Engineers and their clients are well-served by having a conversation up front about "what is good enough."

SIPs have been specified for use in seismic and hurricane zones.

Ground anchors have been around for a long time as a mechanism to transfer tensile loads into the ground for dams, tunnel roofs, and slope stabilization (Littlejohn and Bruce, 1977).

I’ve been in one of those reflective moods lately. My youngest just started college over 700 miles from home, and my wife and I miss her like crazy. My time on the Executive Committee of CASE ended this year. And […]

Attention to structural details can minimize thermal energy losses and avoid problematic condensation in buildings.