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Seismic Design
Water tanks preparing for fracking. Photo: Joshua Doubek/Wikimedia Commons.
July 28, 2016 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Significant risk increases seen in some areas of the U.S.
Photo: Torre Reforma/Arup
July 20, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
Double-V hangers and irregularly spaced gaps allow the structure to bend.
Photo: Jocelyn Kinghorn/Creative Commons.
June 28, 2016 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Expected to improve consistency of risk evaluation on commercial real estate transactions.
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April 20, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
Kengo Kuma developed the rods, which are stronger and lighter than iron.
Rendering © Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
March 28, 2016 | BD+C Editors
The hat truss-supported office tower was topped off in January, rising 25 stories above the Salt...
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Sponsored | March 07, 2016 | SaftiFirst
SaftiFirst’s custom curtain wall complied with all the seismic requirements while still blending...
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Taipei 101 stays safe even though it stands near a fault line in a typhoon zone. Photo: peellden/Wikimedia Commons
October 22, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
Popular Mechanics named the 10 structures that best withstand floods, winds, storms, and earthqua...
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Thousands of Los Angeles buildings with soft-first-stories need retrofits. Photo: Britta Gustafson/Creative Commons.
October 16, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Thousands of wood, concrete apartments subject to costly renovations.
Photo: Oreogn State Capitol building. M.O. Stevens, Wikimedia Commons.
July 16, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
A survey found that more than 1,000 Oregon school buildings face a high risk of collapse during e...
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The first U.S. installation of the ShakeAlarm was installed in North Portland, Ore.'s Radiator Building. All images: CoreFirst
June 09, 2015 | BD+C Staff
The ShakeAlarm system recognizes and quantifies the faster but lower-energy seismic P-wave, which...
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April 12, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Virginia has edged out Florida as the state with the most stringent hurricane building codes, acc...
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February 20, 2014 | Kris Spickler
A CLT expert clears up several common misconceptions and myths surrounding the use of wood as a b...
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February 05, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Recent advancements in structural design, combined with the loosening of density and zoning requi...
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January 28, 2014 | BD+C Staff and CTBUH
Experts from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat release their 2014 construction fore...
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January 21, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Last year was the second-busiest ever in terms of 200-meter-plus building completions, with 73 to...
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October 25, 2013 | BD+C Editor
In California, there are still hundreds of concrete buildings that need reinforcement to bring th...
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Simpson Strong-Tie donated product and provided technical expertise for the CFS-NEES project, a s...
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July 09, 2013 | AISC
Design professionals now have a valuable new resource on blast resistant structures with AISC Des...
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July 09, 2013 | CTBUH and BD+C Staff
KONE's carbon-fiber hoisting technology and the Broad Group's prefab construction process are amo...
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March 29, 2013 | AISC
On April 17, Michael F. Engestrom, Dann H. Hall, Michael A. West, Stephen A. Mahin, Wallace W. Sa...
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March 04, 2013 | CTLGroup
CTLGroup, an expert engineering and materials science firm located in Skokie, Illinois, is sadden...
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February 21, 2013 | BD+C Staff
A group of civil engineers from around the western U.S. is developing additions to the building c...
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June 01, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
By completing this course, you earn 1.0 HSW/SD AIA Learning Units.
December 29, 2011 | By BD+C Staff
California regulators responsible for enforcing earthquake safety laws have failed to certify mor...
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October 18, 2011 | By BD+C Staff
The AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award is presented annually by the American Institute of Steel...
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Istanbul, Turkey's new 2.15 million-sf Sabiha Gökçen International Airport opened on October 31,...
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MIT today announced the creation of the Concrete Sustainability Hub, a research center establishe...
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