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Secrets of a structural engineer

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Secrets of a structural engineer 0 dbarista Fri, 09/08/2023 - 11:54 Engineers Walter P Moore's Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA, offers tips and takeaways for young—and veteran—structural engineers in the AEC industry.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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SOM completes Two Manhattan West, marking a major milestone for corporate office design in NYC

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billion mixed-use Manhattan West development in New York City. The four-year construction effort yielded a total two million square feet of new office space that was built above active railroad tracks in what the firm describes as an "extraordinary" advancement of the methods used in urban design, structural engineering, and architecture.

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Stantec-designed Strata Wynwood mixed-use development completed in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District

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Stantec provided building architecture and landscape architecture as well as structural engineering services for the development. The project includes 257 residential units, artist studios, three floors of office space, street-level retail, and 474 parking spaces.

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Raphael Viñoly Architects resumes construction on renamed 125 Greenwich Street condo tower in Manhattan

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The restart was expected after February's announcement that developers had finally secured the $313 million needed to complete the project after it topped out in March of 2019.

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Rafael Viñoly Architects resumes construction on renamed 125 Greenwich Street condo tower in Manhattan

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The restart was expected after February's announcement that developers had finally secured the $313 million needed to complete the project after it topped out in March of 2019.

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Structural engineer speeds skyscraper construction with novel building core design

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In the 1960s, tall buildings were braced around their perimeters, but developers and tenants objected to obstructed views, which led to a shift toward steel cores. That method, however, proved uneconomical, and was replaced, in the 1980s, by structural systems with braces of large composite columns filled with concrete.