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Features
Structural Engineering Excellence Awards
The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) is pleased to share winners of the 2025 SEE Awards, which were recognized at the NCSEA Summit.
Thinking Outside the Wood Box
By Jessica Westermeyer, PE, SE
The four-story Health Sciences Education Building at the University of Washington represents a case study in hybrid mass timber.
Columns and Departments
Editorial
Give to Invest in the Future of Structural Engineering
By James Robert Harris, Ph.D, PE
Structural Design
Contractor-Ready Construction Documents–Part 1
By Jeremy Salmon, PE, SE and Zak Pruitt, PE, SE
Structural Analysis
AI vs. Hand Calculations
By Robert K. Dowell, Ph.D, PE and Althaf Shajihan, Ph.D
Structural Quality
Optimizing Module Dimensional Control in Energy Facilities
By Silky Wong, Ph.D, SE, PE, C.Eng, P.Eng. and Vigneshwar Natesan PE, P.Eng.
Structural Design
Fundamentals of Structural Curtainwall Design
By Aaron Kostrzewa, PE
Business Practices
How Do You Compare?
NCSEA Compensation & Benefits Study
Codes and Standards
Fire Walls vs. Fire-Resistance-Rated Walls
By Swarna Karuppiah, PE
Historic Structures
Winona Railroad Bridge, 1891
By Dr. Frank Griggs, Dist. M. ASCE
Business Practices
Linking Revenue Projections to Staffing Plans
By the Coalition of American Structural Engineers (CASE)
Structural Forum
Have We Stagnated?
By John Dal Pino, SE