Table of Contents
Features
Elevating the Connection Between People, Animals, and the Natural World
By Thomas Root, PE, Craig Huhtala, PE, and Will McDevitt, SE, PE
A focus on adaptive reuse transforms a decommissioned monorail structure into the longest elevated pedestrian loop in the world, the Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo.
The Structural Genome of Sphere
By Cawsie Jijina, PE, Steve Reichwein, PE, SE, and Sindi Krasta
An exploration of the structural systems of the new Las Vegas icon.
Tight Site, Bright Future: UPMC's Presbyterian Expansion
By Ben Shock, PE , and Jeffrey Millmann, PE
The hospital project integrated a street-level loading dock within the building's footprint and implemented a cantilever over the courtyard.
Skyline College Building 2: Means and Methods Column Shoring
By James Enright and John Dal Pino
The project team for a college located near the San Andreas fault faced many column shoring challenges while implementing a complicated seismic retrofit.
Columns and Departments
Structural Design
Saving Time, Costs, and Materials with Engineering-Based Structural Fire Protection
By Bob Glendenning and Nestor Iwankiw, Ph.D, PE
Structural Design
Indeterminate Beam Solutions by Finite Difference Methods
By Douglas LaPrairie
Structural Integrity
How Reliable Are Solar Piles?
By Kory Rankin, PE
inSights
Transforming Structural Engineering: Embracing the AI Revolution
By Kristopher Dane, D.Eng., CPEM, and M. Z. Naser, Ph.D, PE
Structural Forum
Getting Ahead by Thinking Ahead: Cultivating Mental Load
By Angelina V. Stasulis, PE, SE