Bruneau, who is also a distinguished member of ASCE—the highest honor the society can bestow—was recognized for “his contributions to advancing seismic design and improving the safety and resilience ...

The last few years have brought an accelerating pace of creative advances in steel structural systems, notably in architecturally exposed structural steel, steel plate shear walls, and castellated and ...

Engineers had to get creative to develop a structural system that could accommodate the 20-foot floor-to-floor height in the new courthouse. They used to a new approach that takes advantage of the ...

Diagrid structural systems, characterised by their diagonal grid of intersecting members, represent a significant advancement in the design and construction of tall buildings. These systems offer ...

Thanks to a number of key innovations, steel is playing a greater role in residential high-rises, senior and student housing, and taller mixed-use developments, says architect Jayshree Shah, AIA, ...

Coupled steel-plate test specimens, shown before concrete filling is added, have various spacing and quantities of cross ties and shear studs. A radically different shear-wall core system for simpler ...

The new facility addition at MAGNUM Piering features modern steel fabrication and material-handling systems designed to ...

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Structural steel is a type of construction material that is made from specific grades of steel. It is manufactured in a range of industry standard cross-sectional shapes. Structural steel grades are ...

This month we are going to discuss shoring operations. We’ll take a look at a few different shoring systems and not only break down the construction of them, but also cover the principal behind which ...