About the author  ⁄ Jennifer Traut-Todaro, S.E., LEED AP

Jennifer Traut-Todaro is a Senior Advisor in the AISC Steel Solutions Center. Since SpeedCore broke onto the scene, Jennifer has been following the development of SpeedCore research and the progression of the Rainier Square Tower project. (trauttodaro@aisc.org)

Lateral System Innovation for Today’s Construction Challenges

The millennial mindset is saving our profession. A common question from young engineers – “Why do we do things the way we do them?” – can be just as off-putting to us as it is to the Baby Boomer down the hall. The more experienced engineers often side with Gen-Xer points of view and the played-out stories of rotary phones, record players, and the lost art of hand-drafting. All we want to say is: “because we do.”

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