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July 2026

Table of Contents

Features

Carbon Logistics
By Jessica Westermeyer, PE, SE
Amazon’s DII5 delivery station and logistics facility is a breakthrough in industrial mass timber construction.

Assessing Structural Embodied Carbon
By Ethan Fogle, PE, and Jay Arehart, Ph.D
A new prestandard provides a standardized path for carbon assessments.

Columns and Departments

Editorial
Democratizing the Future: Why Technology Adoption Is Everyone’s Job
By Brian Petruzzi, PE

Structural Design
A Deep Dive into Wind Loading on Roof-Mounted Screen Walls
By Todd Clapp and John O’Brien, NCSEA Wind Committee

Structural Design
Lost in Load Factors? Navigating Wind Design with Mean Recurrence Interval
By Pengcheng ‘Alex’ Zhou, PE and James Fong, EIT

Structural Design
Design for Speed and Resiliency
By Matthew Bosch-Willett and Nathan Canney

Structural Design
Beyond the Bunker: Integrating Blast Resistance into Everyday Structures
By Pritish Dey Sarkar

Structural Forum
Clarifying Engineer of Record and Insurance Consultant Responsibilities
By Steven G. Provenghi, SE, FASCE

Codes and Standards
Structural Building Codes and Standards Developers Respond to Champlain Towers South Collapse
By Jim Foreman, Ben Estrich, and Nicole Lane

inFocus
Are You Ready When the Call Comes?
By CASE Coalition

Codes and Standards
FAQ on SEI Standards
By Jeannette Torrents, PE, SE

Structural Forum
AI Use in Structural Engineering Practice, and the Preservation of Engineering Judgment
By David O. Prevatt, Ph.D, PE