Collapse analysis of the Polcevera viaduct by the applied element method
ASI’s paper on the progressive collapse of the Polcevera Viaduct Bridge in Genoa, Italy will be available free for the next 50 days from Engineering Structures. ASI Engineers modeled up the bridge and simulated the collapse using its Extreme Loading for Structures...
read moreStructural Design Software for Contractors – Maintain Accuracy, Save Time & Money
Are you a contractor searching for ways to save time and money? Or do you perhaps seek help in easing the stresses of estimating and project optimization while maintaining accuracy? Look no further. Help is here! SteelSmart® System is breaking the stereotype that...
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2014 World Demolition Awards
This year's World Demolition event was held at the Krasnapolski Hotel in Amsterdam. The world's best demolition contractors gathered to share their challenging demolition projects. At the end of the event, Judges chose the winners of 2014 World Demolition Awards. The...
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Santa Monica Hospital Implosion
On Friday, November 2, 2012, Fabio Bruno Construcoes, with the help of Applied Science International (ASI), performed the implosion of 3 reinforced concrete buildings that were formerly an old hospital. The triple demolition of the former Santa Monica hospital...
read moreCollapse analysis of the Polcevera viaduct by the applied element method
ASI’s paper on the progressive collapse of the Polcevera Viaduct Bridge in Genoa, Italy will be available free for the next 50 days from Engineering Structures. ASI Engineers modeled up the bridge and simulated the collapse using its Extreme Loading for Structures...
read moreStructural Design Software for Contractors – Maintain Accuracy, Save Time & Money
Are you a contractor searching for ways to save time and money? Or do you perhaps seek help in easing the stresses of estimating and project optimization while maintaining accuracy? Look no further. Help is here! SteelSmart® System is breaking the stereotype that...
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2014 World Demolition Awards
This year's World Demolition event was held at the Krasnapolski Hotel in Amsterdam. The world's best demolition contractors gathered to share their challenging demolition projects. At the end of the event, Judges chose the winners of 2014 World Demolition Awards. The...
read more
America’s Crumbling Infrastructure: Part One
In the coming weeks, Structural News will be running special stories on the current, dilapidated state of America's infrastructure. With the recent passing of a new federal Highway bill, America's crumbling roads and critical structures seem, politically, to have...
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Collapse analysis of the Polcevera viaduct by the applied element method
ASI’s paper on the progressive collapse of the Polcevera Viaduct Bridge in Genoa, Italy will be available free for the next 50 days from Engineering Structures. ASI Engineers modeled up the bridge and simulated the collapse using its Extreme Loading for Structures...
read moreStructural Design Software for Contractors – Maintain Accuracy, Save Time & Money
Are you a contractor searching for ways to save time and money? Or do you perhaps seek help in easing the stresses of estimating and project optimization while maintaining accuracy? Look no further. Help is here! SteelSmart® System is breaking the stereotype that...
read moreSteelSmart® Design Suite – The Smartest Way to Eliminate Light Steel Framing Construction Errors
The benefits of light steel framing / cold-formed steel design software are endless. Cold-formed steel software not only opens up design possibilities and serves as a protection of liability, but it also aids in eliminating construction errors. Eradicating on-site...
read moreFive Areas Where Cold Formed Steel Software Opens Up Design Possibilities
Utilizing cold formed steel software to design, analyze, and budget a project has become the way of life for many designers and contractors. Cold formed steel (CFS) has been around for decades, and its usage and benefits have evolved tremendously over the years. Metal...
read moreGlazing System Analysis Software
Glazing systems are widely used in office buildings around the world. They provide an open space feeling for the building occupants, and this makes them an attractive option. Unfortunately, they have a weakness, they are vulnerable to blast pressure induced from...
read moreWhat’s New with SteelSmart System 7.8
Today we are releasing the newest version of our Cold Formed Steel (CFS) software, SteeelSmart System 7.8! We’ve been working on our Light Steel Framing Software for the better part of 20 years now. With every release we use market feedback to make the software a...
read more“What If” Scenarios for Building Physical Security
Whether you are a building owner, structural engineer or a physical security consultant, there is always a question that you are asking. What if? What if a truck full of explosives enters your building, how much damage is expected? What if a parcel bomb was delivered...
read moreNonlinear Dynamic Alternative Load Path Analysis of 10-story Concrete Shear Wall Flat Plate Building
Ahmed Khalil, Ph.D., P.E. will be presenting a paper entitled, ” Nonlinear Dynamic Alternative Load Path Analysis of 10-story Concrete Shear Wall Flat Plate Building”, at Structures Congress 2019, Saturday, April 27th from 8:00 – 9:30 AM in the Celebration 1-2 Room....
read moreDifferent Methods of Underpinning the Foundation
Underpinning is a process of strengthening the foundation of a building or a structure. The entire process provides a permanent structure or a temporary support to an already held foundation. It can be done by various ways such as: Improving the foundation system In...
read moreThree Reasons to Hire a Structural Engineer for your Home
House structural engineers work in tandem with homeowners, contractors, and architects to insure the safety and integrity of a structure by consulting on design and build projects and renovations to ensure they are built to code and safe to inhabit. A structural...
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