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New Study Highlights Economic Earthquake Risk in the United States
20 April 2023
Earthquakes cost the nation an estimated $14.7 billion annually in building damage ...
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AISC Releases 2022 Code of Standard Practice for Steel Building and Bridges
Nov 24, 2022
AISC has released the latest revision of one of its flagship standards, the Code ...
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High-Rise in Milwaukee Takes Title of World’s Tallest Mass Timber Hybrid
July 24, 2022
On July 20, 2022 New Land Enterprises welcomed the Council on Tall Buildings and ...
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Tornado Effects - New Chapter in ASCE7-22
March 29, 2022
The new edition of ASCE’s Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for ...
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A large earthquake near Acapulco shakes Mexico’s capital
Sep 7, 2021
At least one death was reported after a 7.1 magnitude temblor struck on Tuesday ...
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Additional Details Revealed about Surfside Condo Prior to Collapse
June 30, 2021
Just weeks before Champlain Towers South collapsed, town officials in Surfside, ...
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Download Code of Standard Practice for Structural Stainless Steel Buildings (AISC 313)
July 21, 2020
The new AISC Code of Standard Practice for Structural Stainless Steel Buildings ...
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Lender Halts Funding for Skyscraper in Chicago's Downtown Due to Pandemic
July 12, 2020
A Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper along South Michigan Avenue is on hold at least ...
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Two High-Rise Projects Eyed for Office Plaza in Dallas
Apr 14, 2020
The owners of two key properties in North Dallas’ Preston Center business ...
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Skyscraper Projects in Chicago’s Near West Side Move Forward
Dec 21, 2019
Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) announced the groundbreaking on ...
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Revised Design for San Francisco Tower Submitted
Dec 10, 2019
The proposed tower on Transbay Parcel F, in downtown San Francisco, has gone ...
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Historical Earthquake Impact Affected by Seasonal Factors
Nov 10, 2019
The season that an earthquake occurs could affect the extent of ground failure and ...
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Planned Skyscraper Above Boston Rail Station Moves Forward
Oct 25, 2019
South Station Tower is planned to rise 677 feet (206.4 meters) above South Station, ...
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California 6.4 earthquake felt in Los Angeles and Las Vegas
July 4, 2019
The strongest earthquake to hit Southern California in nearly 20 years left ...
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Chicago to See a New Skyscraper on Michigan Avenue
March 31, 2019
One of Chicago’s busiest real estate developers wants to build a 47-story ...
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“Tower Fifth” Could Become New York City’s Second-Tallest
Jan 23, 2019
For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the ...
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Yousef Bozorgnia Selected as 2019 Bruce Bolt Medal Recipient
Jan 9, 2019
The Consortium of Strong Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS), Earthquake Engineering ...
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A Mixed-Use Complex With a 300-Meter Tower Starts Construction in Changchun
Dec 22, 2018
Goettsch Partners (GP) has announced the start of construction for Changchun CR ...
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Historic Earthquakes Test Indonesia’s Seismic Hazard Assessment
Dec 16, 2018
Using data gleaned from historical reports, researchers have now identified the ...
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City of Edmonton Approves Two Condo Towers
Nov 29, 2018
The City of Edmonton has approved the construction of two tall condo towers that ...
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Call For Papers 2019 Pacific Structural Steel Conference
Nov 23, 2018
The 2019 Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC '19) is accepting abstracts ...
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2018 International Green Construction Code Released
Nov 13, 2018
The International Code Council, ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and ...
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Location of Wastewater Disposal Drives U.S. Induced Seismicity
Nov 01, 2018
The depth of the rock layer that serves as the disposal site for wastewater ...
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Seismic Signals of Navy Test Explosions off Florida Coast
Oct 17, 2018
Underwater explosions detonated by the U.S. Navy to test the sturdiness of ...
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New AISC Design Guide Focuses on Curved Steel Design Available, AISC Design Guide 33
Oct 12, 2018
Despite the widespread use of curved structural steel members, detailed guidance ...
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New Edition of AISC Welded Connections Design Guide 21 Available
Oct 10, 2018
The second edition of AISC Design Guide 21: Welded Connections – A Primer for ...
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Free Download New Report on System Redundant Members for Steel Bridges
Sep 30, 2018
A new report on developments in the analysis of steel bridge system redundant ...
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Seasonal Reservoir Filling in India Deforms Rock, May Trigger Earthquakes
Sep 28, 2018
The seasonal filling and emptying of reservoirs in India can cause measurable ...
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Explosion, Collapse, Earthquakes: Analysis of North Korea’s 2017 Nuclear Test
Sep 27, 2018
The epicenter of the 3 September 2017 nuclear test explosion in North Korea ...
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What is the new 3rd Edition AISC Seismic Design Manual?
Sep 24, 2018
The 3rd Edition AISC Seismic Design Manual has been expanded with additional ...
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60-Story Mixed-Use Tower to Transform Watamu, Kenya Skyline
Sep 20, 2018
The small town of Watamu in Kenya is best known for tourism and fishing, ...
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New Edition of AISC Seismic Design Manual Available
Sep 12, 2018
Designers and fabricators can now access the most comprehensive information for ...
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Crack Appears in Sinking San Francisco Tower’s Window
Sep 07, 2018
A large crack formed in a window at the sinking and tilting Millennium Tower in San ...
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Caracas Skyscraper Damaged by Earthquake, Aug 22
Aug 24, 2018
The Torre de David, a 45-story unfinished skyscraper in Caracas, which is also ...
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Massive earthquake near Sucre, Venezuela, M7.3
Aug 22, 2018
The August 21, 2018, M 7.3 earthquake near the northern coast of Venezuela ...
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Guadalajara Tower Construction Terminated Following Adjacent Property Collapse
Aug 18, 2018
The Guadalajara City Council announced the indefinite suspension of construction on ...
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Fatal Italian Bridge Collapse Is Under Investigation
Aug 15, 2018
A 50-year-old cable-stayed concrete bridge, one of the first of its type in Europe, ...
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Two New Towers to be Delivered in Surabaya, Indonesia
July 10, 2018
In the midst of a difficult property market, PT PP Properties Tbk continues to ...
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235-Meter High-Rise in Buenos Aires Slated to Become Argentina’s Tallest
July 7, 2018
Located in the heart of Buenos Aires’ Puerto Madero sector, the ...
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International Collaboration Studies the Predictability of Earthquakes
June 23, 2018
Since 2007, the Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability or ...
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Tall wood buildings on the rise for Canadian universities
June 22, 2018
The University of Toronto has unveiled plans to construct a 14-story wood building ...
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Energy Efficient Office Tower to Join Toronto’s Skyline
June 19, 2018
A 46-story office tower will be constructed in Toronto’s downtown. Slated ...
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First Residents to Move into Melbourne’s Australia 108 Tower
June 15, 2018
Construction of what will likely become the tallest residential tower in the ...
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122nd Anniversary of the Destructive Sanriku Earthquake, Japan
15 June 2018
A destructive earthquake occurred at 19:32 (local time) on June 15, 1896, 166 ...
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Earthquake Safe: 30 Years of Innovation at UC San Diego
June 13, 2017
When you drive across a highway bridge in California, there is a good chance ...
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Third World Trade Center Skyscraper Opens
June 11, 2018
After years of disputes whether the site of 9/11 should be preserved as a memorial ...
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A High-Rise University Campus in Madrid is Under Construction
June 10, 2018
A building designed by the architectural firm Fenwick Iribarren is under ...
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Construction projects for US National Parks
June 9, 2018
The US Interior Department has announced $256 million in funding for the ...
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Supertall Skyscraper Proposed for Punta del Este Site
June 7, 2018
A new tourism complex on the San Rafael Site in Punta Del Este has been ...
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Binghatti Crystals structure complete; facade and finishing underway
June 4, 2018
Binghatti Developers has completed the structure works on its ...
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Dubai Creek Tower Pile Cap Construction Complete
June 1, 2018
Concrete placement work for Dubai Creek Tower's pile cap has been completed two ...
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Beirut's Burj El Murr, An Unfinished Skyscraper, Has Been Decorated
May 31, 2018
Burj El Murr, the unfinished skyscraper that has loomed over Beirut for the past 40 ...
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San Francisco Reviews Seismic Code for Tall Buildings
May 28, 2018
Sailors arriving in San Francisco in the 19th century used two giant redwood trees ...
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How Big Can a Tsunami Be in the Caribbean?
May 25, 2018
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has researchers reevaluating whether a magnitude 9.0 ...
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Modeling Future Earthquake and Tsunami Risk in Southeast Japan
May 24, 2018
Geoscience researchers unveil new, GPS-based methods for modeling ...
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Overview of The Great Chilean Earthquake In The 58th Anniversary
23 May 2018
On May 22, 1960, at 7:11 in the evening, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in ...
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Millennium Tower in San Francisco is leaning and sinking
22 May 2018
Huge cracks spreading in the building's basement force its residents ...
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Flood-resistant buildings: a concept-project for the city of New York
21 May 2018
These flood-proof towers could withstand rising sea levels in New York?
The ...
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Evaluating Active Pressure Management of Induced Earthquakes
20 May 2018
Can altering the amount or rate of fluid injection and production in an oil and gas ...
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Researchers turn carbon dioxide into sustainable concrete
19 May 2018
Imagine a world with little or no concrete. Would that even be possible? After all, ...
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Unlocking the secrets of creeping concrete
18 May 2018
Researchers have clarified the origins of a mechanism responsible for the gradual ...
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New Edition of Rehabilitation and Retrofit Design Guide (AISC DG15) Available
15 May 2018
The second edition of AISC’s Design Guide 15: Rehabilitation and Retrofit ...
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Influence of base plate bending stiffness on the seismic performance of liquid storage tanks
14 May 2018
Procedia Engineering
Volume 199, 2017, Pages 170-175
By Diego ...
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How machine learning helped Surrey develop a new algorithm that could add more life to bridges
14 May 2018
A new algorithm developed by the University of Surrey could help structural ...
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Stanford expert describes Hawaii’s most active volcano and the science behind the latest eruptions
12 May 2018
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been oozing lava for more than three ...
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500-year-old Leaning Tower of Pisa mystery unveiled by engineers
11 May 2018
Why has the Leaning Tower of Pisa survived the strong earthquakes that have hit the ...
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Multiple uses for empty plastic bottles during disaster relief and beyond
10 May 2018
Powerful hurricanes and earthquakes have wreaked havoc in the United States and ...
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Strong earthquake in Pakistan injures at least 26 children
9 May 2018
At least 26 children were injured due to stampede following feeling the shaking of ...
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2019 Milek Fellowship Call for Proposals Now Open
08 May 2018
Chicago — University faculty are invited to apply for the 2019 AISC Milek ...
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Scientists create innovative new 'green' concrete using graphene
30 April 2018
A new greener, stronger and more durable concrete that is made using the ...
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Engineers develop technique to make adaptive materials
20 April 2018
Engineers have developed a technique that causes a composite material to become ...
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Digital Version of 15th Edition Steel Construction Manual Now Available
11 April 2018
The digital version of AISC’s 15th Edition Steel Construction Manual is now ...
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Earthquake Report: M 7.9 - 280km SE of Kodiak, Alaska
24 January 2017
Tectonic Summary
The January 23, 2018 M 7.9 earthquake southeast of Kodiak ...
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Introduction to Paper: Stability of Steel Columns Subjected to Earthquake and Fire Loads
23 January 2018
By: Mehrdad Memari, A.M.ASCE; Hussam Mahmoud, M.ASCE; and Bruce Ellingwood, ...
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Concrete Compression Testing Machines that best fit your compression testing needs.
19 January 2018
Gilson makes it easy to build the concrete compression machine that best fits ...
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Introduction to Paper: Hysteretic Model for Exposed Column Base Connections
By: Pablo Torres Rodas, S.M.ASCE; Farzin Zareian; and Amit Kanvinde, ...
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Amit Kanvinde Named As Huber Prize Winner
From ASCE;
The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers is ...
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Hayward Baker works on iconic US landmark
When a St Louis contractor ran into an unexpected problem on the site of one of America’s ...
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A Five Year Forecast For Increased Global Seismic Hazard
BILHAM, Roger, Geological Sciences and CIRES, the University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 399, ...
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Iran's Earthquake, Deadliest in 2017
On 12 November 2017 at 18:18 UTC (21:48 Iran Standard Time, an earthquake with a moment magnitude ...
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2018 Fazlur Rahman Khan Distinguished Lecture Series
October 26, 2017
In step with the abounding vitality of the time, structural engineer Fazlur ...
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Discarded plastic bottles could be used to make stronger concrete
25 October 2017
MIT students have found a way to produce plastic-reinforced concrete that is up ...
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SUT to Lead National Earthquake Simulation and Retrofitting Studies
For the first time in the country and the third time in the world, by doing destructive tests on ...
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2017 SE Research Showcase Day
From ASCE;
Website:
SE Research Showcase Day Website Register Now
Event Date:
Feb 23, ...
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