Table of Contents
Features
Accelerated Construction of an Unbraced Network Tied Arch Bridge
By Matt Longfield and Ryan Bersano
The construction of a Detroit bridge juggled heavy traffic, site constraints, and historic preservation to meet community needs.
Lighting an Icon
By Jonathan Gerhart, PE
The bridge's new lighting system had to integrate seamlessly with existing bridge structures, withstand the coastal environment, and meet a demanding design schedule ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl.
Getting the Hang of It
By Monika Crandall, PE, LEED AP
The design for the Langston, a nine-story mixed-use residential project in Washington, D.C., involved engineers suspending part of the building above WMATA’s active Green Line Metro tunnels using hanging concrete columns supported from the roof.
Viaduct Damage Assessment After the 2023 Earthquake in Turkey Part 2
By Cenan Ozkaya, Ph.D, Robert K. Dowell, Ph.D, PE, and Faruk Yildiz
Five viaducts along the Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep Highway in southern Turkey were damaged by the 2023 Mw 7.8 earthquake. Damage assessment and the seismic retrofit design for three of those viaducts are shared here. The other two were covered in Part 1 in the September issue.
Columns and Departments
Editorial
Building a Profession, Building a Foundation
By Thomas A. Grogan, Jr., PE, SE
Structural Influencer
Avery Bang
Structural Design
Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Invert Linings
By Brian Lassy, EIT, and Alexandra Hain, Ph.D, PE
Structural Design
Updated Design Recommendations for Brick Veneer on Cold-Formed Steel Framing
By Cortney Fried, PE
Structural Analysis
Risk Mitigation for Bridge Strikes by Large Vessels
By Alastair Soane, David MacKenzie, and Dave Watkins
Structural Forum
10 Things Every Structural Engineer Should Know
By SE 2050 Resources Working Group
Structural Forum
Don’t Let Your Culture Become a Commodity
By Rachel Mosier, PE, Ph.D, and Erin Conaway, PE