Table of Contents
Features
Mass Plywood's Future in Warehouse Construction
By John Bradford, PE, SE
An outside-the-box design demonstrates that mass timber, in this case mass plywood, provides an aesthetically pleasing, cost effective, carbon sequestering, and thermally efficient alternative for warehouses and other big box buildings.
Hybrid Vision
By Michael Hopper, PE, Rachel Marek, PE, and William Dawson, PE
How timber, steel, and concrete built a world-class engineering institute and advanced Princeton University’s campus sustainability goals.
Design That Disappears, Strength That Endures
By Shawn Roberge, PE, SE, DBIA; Keva Rollins, PE; Kristen Gaer
Three 75-foot curved timber beams distinguish one of the newest exhibits at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo.
The Skeleton Behind the Spirit: The House That Stitzel Built
By Benjamin Wagner, PE, SE
Maintaining the structural integrity of historic American barrel-aging warehouses requires care, creativity, knowledge, and experience.
Columns and Departments
Editorial
Why Firms Should Prioritize a Stress Management Plan
By Lindsey Hoffman
Structural Design
Equivalent Lateral Force and the Pitfalls of Stepped Diaphragm Buildings
By Dan Sloat, SE and Chris Neisius, PE
Structural Analysis
Reuse of Timber Screws for Lifting: From Jobsite Practice to Verified Reuse
By Andrés Reyes García
Structural Design
Successfully Incorporating Structural Components Into Your Project for Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses
By Greg Greenlee, PE
Structural Insights
The Question That Determines Everything
By Mark Blankenship
Structural Insights
Cloud and Browser-Based Structural Analysis: Unlocking Practical Automation and AI-Ready Workflows
By Rakesh Pathak, Ph.D, PE
Structural Forum
Human Factors in Building Code Expansion
By Bruce Maison, SE and John A. Dal Pino, SE