Structural Systems

• Concrete Solutions

  By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief, January 1, 2010
  About five or six years ago, officials at the University of California at Berkeley came to the conclusion that they needed to build a proper home for the university's collection of 900,000 rare Chinese, Japanese, and Korean books and materials. East Asian studies is an important curriculum at Berkeley, with more than 70 scholars teaching some 200 courses devoted to the topic, and Berkeley's pro...  More

• Piano's 'Flying Carpet'

  By Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor, December 1, 2009
  Italian architect Renzo Piano refers to his $294 million, 264,000-sf Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago as a “temple of light.” That's all well and good, but how did Piano and the engineers from London-based Arup create an almost entirely naturally lit interior while still protecting the priceless works of art in the Institute's third-floor galleries from dangerous ultravio...  More

• Draft NIST report on Cowboys practice facility collapse released for public comment

  October 6, 2009
  A fabric-covered, steel frame practice facility owned by the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys collapsed under wind loads significantly less than those required under applicable design standards, according to a report released today for public comment by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).  More

• Morphosis builds 'floating' house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right New Orleans foundation

  October 6, 2009
  Morphosis Architects, under the direction of renowned architect and UCLA professor Thom Mayne, has completed the first floating house permitted in the U.S. for Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans.The FLOAT House is a new model for flood-safe, affordable, and sustainable housing that is designed to float securely with rising water levels.  More

• PCA partners with MIT on concrete research center

  October 6, 2009
  MIT today announced the creation of the Concrete Sustainability Hub, a research center established at MIT in collaboration with the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Research & Education Foundation.  More

• American Concrete Institute forms technical committee on BIM for concrete structures

  September 24, 2009
  The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces the formation of a new technical committee on Building Information Modeling (BIM) of Concrete Structures.  More

• SimplexGrinnell earns certified status in Microsoft Partner Program for 9th year in a row

  September 23, 2009
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• ASHRAE issues correction on changes to addendum r to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007 on ventilation for IAQ

  September 21, 2009
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