Building Repairs First Load Transfer a Success at Troubled Millennium Tower in San Francisco Nadine M. Post January 30, 2023 2 Comments The team for the revised pile upgrade of the 645-ft-tall residential building expects to complete the work to stem settlement by the end of September.Read More
Contracts Texas A&M Fort Worth Expanded Campus Awarded to Turner Team James Leggate January 26, 2023 No Comments University plans to construct three buildings as part of a new research campus, with the first expected to complete in 2025. Read More
Legal Pennsylvania County Sues Contractors Over 1980s Jail Construction James Leggate January 13, 2023 No Comments A 2021 renovation project revealed a planned bond beam had not been placed during the jail's construction in 1981.Read More
Contracts Missouri University Picks PARIC for $53M 'Protoplex' Lab Project James Leggate January 3, 2023 No Comments The facility is planned as the anchor for the Missouri University of Science and Technology's future manufacturing technology and innovation campus. Read More
Manufacturing Panasonic Picks Team for $4B Kansas EV Battery Plant James Leggate December 28, 2022 No Comments CM Industrial Project Innovation and architect SSOE Group are among the firms Panasonic hired for its 30-GWh battery plant west of Kansas City.Read More
Environment Study: Soil Microbes Can Help Stabilize Buildings in Earthquakes Findings suggest a process using bacteria could be less carbon-intensive than traditional approaches Pam McFarland December 23, 2022 No Comments New research suggests that augmenting natural processes in soils can be a sustainable approach to stabilizing buildings in quake-prone zones. Read More
Federal Buildings GSA Allocates $300M to First Batch of Climate Act Projects Tom Ichniowski December 22, 2022 No Comments Largest allocation is $100M for the upgrade and expansion of a border station in Arizona.Read More
Part Five of a Series | Building a Lower Carbon Future SE 2050 Is In Quixotic Pursuit of Eliminating Embodied Carbon in Building Structures Structural engineers are only beginning their quest to halve carbon in new structural systems by 2030 and eradicate it by 2050 Nadine M. Post December 21, 2022 One Comment Structural Engineers 2050 Commitment Program is supporting the ambitious SE 2050 Challenge, which states that “all structural engineers shall understand, reduce and ultimately eliminate embodied carbon in their projects by 2050.” Read More
Setting Benchmarks for Carbon Reduction of Sustainable Structures Is No Simple Task Nadine M. Post December 21, 2022 No Comments The Structural Engineers 2050 Commitment Program is trying to identify best practices to reduce embodied carbon in building structures. Read More
Materials Researchers Examine Concrete Recycling for Ukraine Post-War Construction Peter Reina December 21, 2022 No Comments The same recycling principles for concrete could also apply in peacetime, according to a research team from Ukrainian, Swiss and French universities.Read More