BD+C

JUNE 4, 2020

a leading full-service engineering firm, has acquired the structural engineering group of Cardno. . Founded in Houston in 1976 as Haynes Whaley, the structural group joined Cardno, a publicly traded global engineering and environmental consulting firm, in October 2013. IMEG Corp.,

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The Architecture Designs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you are undertaking a new construction project, renovating a home extensively, or carrying out other construction works, you may need to hire a civil engineer, structural engineer, or both. Type of Structure. Several factors determine which professional to hire, and we will look at them below. source: pinterest.com.

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Archinect

MARCH 4, 2024

Today is World Engineering Day , and to celebrate it, Archinect has curated a few outstanding bridge projects we’ve included in our recent news coverage to highlight critical pieces of infrastructure at an important time for civil and structural engineering in the Americas and abroad.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2022

High-tech pioneer Tony Hunt, who engineered buildings including the Sainsbury Centre , Waterloo station and Hopkins House , has passed away aged 90. Above: Hunt engineered Hopkins House. Hunt was born in London in 1932 and studied engineering at Westminster Technical College. Photo is by Tim Street-Porter.

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The Architect's Newsletter

AUGUST 1, 2022

The post Remembering Mahendra Raj, an Indian structural engineer, who died in May appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. After India won independence from Great Britain in 1947, there was an urgency and idealism to rebuild the resurgent nation into a modern state. The Chandigarh project, designed by Le [.].

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e-architect

JANUARY 7, 2022

Max Fordham Engineers, Architects, Architecture, Studio, Projects, Structural Designs, News. Max Fordham Engineering. Contemporary Buildings + Structures Office News. ” – state this British engineering practice. . ” – state this British engineering practice. Arup Engineering.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Join us for the fourth ArchiTangle Talk @ POPKUDAMM in Berlin, where Hanif Kara will share his experience leading AKT II , a global engineering firm that unifies the culture of architecture and structural engineering, working closely with some of the world's top architecture firms.

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Architecture Lab

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The difference between architects and structural engineers is not easy to describe at first. If you think about it, both job profiles deal with designing buildings. So if both these titles deal with the same work, why is there a distinction between them anyway?

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Bustler

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The UK’s Institution of Structural Engineers has announced the winners of the Structural Awards 2022, which seeks to celebrate the role of structural engineers in sustainability, social impact, innovation, and ingenuity. Ten projects were honored, comprising two Supreme Award winners and eight shortlisted works.

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Bustler

JANUARY 28, 2024

The results of this year’s Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards have been shared by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as part of the competition’s 64th edition. A total of six projects were honored by the 2024 edition.

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Archinect

MAY 3, 2024

Today, the Webuild group advanced a proposal designed in collaboration with architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux for a new bridge in Baltimore that would replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2024

Charlie Thornton, the well-admired structural engineer, co-founder and CEO of Thornton Tomasetti , passed away in early December at the age of 83, according to his firm. The Bronx-born Thornton began his career in the New York offices of Lev Zetlin Associates before pursuing a new venture with Richard Tomasetti after 1977.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. The complex consists of two pre-engineered metal buildings. Civil engineer: Tetra-Tech.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. It will have an all wood structure It will have chamfered edges on all of the corners, creating entrance canopies on the ground floor and terraces up top. The imagery is courtesy of BIG.

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Archinect

APRIL 22, 2024

The offsite construction will eventually yield eight new gates and a total of 150,000 square feet of space following a first-of-its-kind integrated design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA).

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BD+C

OCTOBER 26, 2016

As part of its company rankings, the top structural engineers were listed and ranked according to the number of buildings within the 100 tallest they have completed work on. Arup, the top firm on the list, has worked on almost one-fifth of the world’s 100 tallest buildings.

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BD+C

AUGUST 6, 2019

That method, however, proved uneconomical, and was replaced, in the 1980s, by structural systems with braces of large composite columns filled with concrete. 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.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2024

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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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

Studio Bark developed the Shingles project to find structural uses for otherwise unusable bits of timber Spindles began when the studio was hired to build a family home on a wooded site in Buckinghamshire in the southeast of England. "We We were there in midsummer. It also hopes to make bespoke furniture with local students.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Image: Gabriel Fernandes from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0 <[link] via Wikimedia Commons Tie rods are integral in structural engineering, primarily for transmitting traffic loads and alleviating compression forces within a structure.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Moss Structural Engineers and the Toronto Metropolitan University announce the winners of its now-returned, in-person, annual TimberFever student design-build competition. He added, "I wanted to give students the opportunity to work with tools, learn about wood, and introduce collaboration between engineers and architects."

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

"Beyond its visually striking exterior, the true innovation of Rockbound lies in the unseen engineering," the team explained, lauding the collaboration with Blackwell Structural Engineers to redistribute the structural loads through a system of micro-piles. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Photo: Evan Joseph (provided) Once complete, the parallelogram-shaped design will showcase his storied facility with structural engineering and what his son Román Viñoly describes in a press re.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2023

Iruarrizaga designed the 500-square-metre house with a timber-clad upper level that bridges two rectangular concrete structures. Bedrooms and en-suite bathrooms are located in the two concrete structures, which are separated by a covered outdoor space leading to a decked patio overlooking the lake.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Matthew Wagner, PE, has joined Ghafari Associates as its Manager of Structural Engineering in Chicago. With over a decade of structural facility design experience, Wagner brings an impressive portfolio of large-scale stadia, healthcare, hospitality, civic and aviation projects to the firm. read more.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 4, 2024

Charles Thornton—renowned structural engineer, educator, mentor, and founding principal of Thornton Tomasetti—died on December 12, 2023 in Maryland after a brief illness. Known by friends and family The post Charles Thornton, founding principal of Thornton Tomasetti, dies at 83 appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

JULY 28, 2023

A new look behind the process and select architects involved in Saudi Arabia’s controversial The Line megacity for NEOM has been released, answering some questions as to its ideation while leaving many remaining in regard to the project's structural engineering, technical specifics, and design feasibility overall.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Photo: Evan Joseph (provided) Once complete, the parallelogram-shaped design will showcase his storied facility with structural engineering and what his son Román Viñoly describes in a press rel.

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Archinect

JULY 14, 2022

meters (284 feet), the tower is now officially the world record holder for the largest mass timber structure in the world, surpassing Norway’s Mjøsa Tower by a scant 1.2 Standing 25 stories and a total of 86.6 meters (or roughly 4 feet).

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Top: Aurore Baulier is calling on architects to use structural stone. She advocates for the use of structural stone as part Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), where she coordinates the Natural Materials Group. A better combination is to start actually having hybrid structures with timber and stone."

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Archinect

MARCH 27, 2023

A total of 22 projects were selected in ten categories by a jury panel that included Hacker Architects Principal Corey Martin, Cheung Chan of the Iowa-based firm Neumann Monson Architects , and Arup Senior Structural Engineer Lauren Wingo.

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Archinect

APRIL 27, 2023

The shortlisted teams are: David Chipperfield Architects (London) with HarrisonKornberg Architects (Local Architect); James Corner Field Operations (Landscape Architect); Pentagram (Exhibition Design); Thornton Tomasetti (Structural Engineer); Arup (Services and Lightin.

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Archinect

JULY 12, 2022

Rust damage to the structure has accumulated over the years, a product of the lead contained within the paint which was originally meant to protect its steel from oxidizing but is now slowly making its condition worse in the opinion of at least one structural engineer with knowledge of the situation.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Envisioned as a home that embraces the outdoors, the residence is composed of four structures housing the home’s separate functions. While one structure houses the kitchen, dining and living areas, a second houses the primary suite, creating a private escape. Only six trees were removed to build all four structures.

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Archinect

MARCH 21, 2023

According to San Francisco-based architect and structural engineer Charles F. Bloszies , the challenge with converting some office buildings lies in their large floor plates and lack of street exposure.

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