Design

This section covers concept, site preparation, architecture, engineering and materials used in the built environment.

Newly Completed Playground Named for Boston Marathon Bomb Victim Opens

Martin’s Park, a playground in memory of those killed in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, opened on June 15

Help Available for Estimating Embodied Carbon in Building Systems

The Charles Pankow Foundation has released preliminary guidance to designers and builders interested in considering the impacts of embodied carbon in mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.

Coronavirus and Construction

Designers Weigh Strategies for COVID-19 Isolation Rooms

Nadine M. Post

April 8, 2020

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Teams are working behind the scenes on longer-lead time COVID-19 retrofits and conversions for hospitals, hotels and dormitories. Many of these are aimed at increasing the supply of coronavirus-patient intensive care units and airborne infection isolation rooms to protect health-care workers.

Architectural Record

New York City Halts Public Design Work

Architectural Record

April 6, 2020

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Though most construction in New York City has been halted, architects hired for city projects were stunned to get orders last week to stop all ongoing design work.

Designers Advise on COVID-19-Related Pop-Up Hospitals

Nadine M. Post

April 1, 2020

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For design professionals, supporting the ongoing COVID-19 surge in the number of hospital beds needed is a matter of urgency.

City of Angels’ Bedecked Box Is Tricky to Wrap

Nadine M. Post

March 31, 2020

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Team building (W)rapper’s ribboned exoskeleton, which is not self-supporting until it is done, relies on falsework for stability during steel erection.

Health Care Designers Educate, Advise, Warn During COVID-19 Crisis

Nadine M. Post

March 24, 2020

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Design professionals are mobilizing to provide advice and guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health care facility practitioners are also warning officials that haste in creating temporary treatment centers can create unintended negative consequences.

Review Finds Design Flaws in Houston Ship Channel Bridge

March 18, 2020

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A third-party design review of the Houston Ship Channel bridge project by COWI North America found 21 areas of "significant concern" on the project.

Panel's Review of Transit Center's Fractured Girders Draws Heated Reactions

Nadine M. Post

March 11, 2020

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The public authority that owns and runs the Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco forcefully disagrees with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's independent expert panel that reviewed the 2018 brittle fractures in twin built-up plate girders.

Rainier Square Erector Says Speed Core Could Rise Even Faster

Nadine M. Post

March 4, 2020

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Thanks to its modular heart of steel, the structure of Seattle’s 850-ft-tall skyscraper rose twice as fast as a steel frame with a leading concrete core

Speed Core Research Tunes System

Nadine M. Post

March 4, 2020

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Cheerleaders for steel buildings with modular composite plate-steel cores have found ways to simplify the novel system for high-rises.

Steel Construction

In Final Salesforce Center Girder Fracture Report, Panel Suggests Key Code Changes

Microcracks evolved into pop-in cracks and turned into fractures

Richard Korman

February 27, 2020

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New knowledge of steel construction emerges from the calamity that shut a new San Francisco building for months.

EVENTS

Webinar

4/16/19 to 4/16/20

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Detailed Design: Better Solutions for Common Bridge Modeling

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The process of modeling even simple bridges can become tedious and error prone after engineers complete several design and analysis iterations. Engineers and drafters are faced with analysis coordination, complex diaphragm placements, reinforcement detailing, and clash detection. Join our webinar to learn how 3D modeling of common bridges can help you unlock greater project design efficiencies on your next project.

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Webinar

5/8/19 to 5/8/20

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Creating Real-Time 3D Experiences for AEC: It's Simpler Than You May Think

ON DEMAND

Discover your firm’s super power — the power to quickly create 3D experiences in real-time from your design files for VR/AR devices, using tools you probably already have, or can easily acquire. We'll talk to field supervisors putting VR and AR to work to enhance project understanding, and business strategists with their eyes on advanced visualizations that will impact their company’s future.

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Webinar

6/11/19 to 6/11/20

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Contact: Lauren Whitaker

Design and BIM Managers: How to Emerge on Top in a Changing Industry

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Your world is changing. Projects are becoming more complex, new paradigms of work are emerging, and expectations are higher than ever to deliver top-quality projects ahead of schedule and under budget. ENR will talk with a panel of practicing design project leaders about new industry challenges and the solutions that they leveraged to remain competitive and drive better project outcomes.

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Webinar

10/8/19 to 10/8/20

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Contact: Lauren Whitaker

Generate Traditional Deliverables Faster Using BIM for Bridges

ON DEMAND

We'll discuss an integrated CAD and BIM approach to project delivery, which allows engineers to work in a 2D CAD environment to deliver 3D BIM models and high-quality 2D deliverables from the same workflow. Using a 3D model to drive 2D deliverables augments existing plans production process with the best features of 3D modeling: automated rebar detailing, conflict detection, & quantities/geometry reporting.

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4/28/20 to 4/28/21

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Cutting-Edge Bridge Design: High Level of Detail and Challenging Deadlines

As bridge designs become more complex, engineering teams face many challenges with limited project budgets and tight deadlines. Join us for an exclusive webinar as we share details of a prominent bridge design project executed by Arup. Discover how they delivered a fabulous bridge design on-time without jeopardizing quality. We’ll also share the best practices they learned from this one-of-a-kind project.

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