AISI Updates Six Cold-Formed Steel Design Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has updated six cold-formed steel design standards. AISI is an accredited consensus organization by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for developing American National Standards (ANS). The task of creating and updating cold-formed steel design standards is accomplished through two voluntary consensus committees—the AISI Committee on Specifications and the AISI Committee on Framing Standards. The standards are available...
Framework to Design Tall Buildings for Wind Offered in Newest ASCE Manual of Practice 143
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s new book, Design and Performance of Tall Buildings for Wind, MOP 143, provides a framework for the design of tall buildings for wind, based on the current state-of-practice in tall building structural design and wind tunnel testing. Design practices have varied across the industry without specific guidance for especially tall and slender buildings. This new manual presents detailed guidance on industry standard practices and design approaches that complement current literatu...
LMN Architects Celebrates the Opening of the New Mukilteo Multimodal Terminal in Washington
Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal. Mukilteo, Washington.( Image license: LMN. © Copyright 2020 Benjamin Benschneider All Rights Reserved. Third party use may be arranged by contacting Benjamin Benschneider Photography. [email protected]) Inspired by the form of a tribal longhouse built and used by the region’s Coast Salish tribes, the ferry terminal building is a composition of glass, concrete, and timber, and provides critical safety and efficiency improvements to the West Coast...
Fugro’s innovative technologies monitor Amsterdam’s bridges and quay walls
Fugro has begun a trial phase of their TotaLite and mobile laser scanning technology for the large-scale monitoring of bridges and quay walls as part of their framework contract with the City of Amsterdam. Fugro began testing and validating their technology in Amsterdam in mid-December and positive findings could result in more objects being monitored in a much shorter time compared to conventional survey methods. Hundreds of bridges and kilometres of quay walls in Amsterdam have reached the...
Registration Open for DFI Shotcrete Short Course May 3-5 in Colorado
Hawthorne, N.J: Registration is open for DFI’s second Shotcrete Short Course, taking place May 3-5, 2021, at the Table Mountain Inn and Edgar Mine in historic Golden, Colorado. Organized by DFI’s Tunneling and Underground Committee, this 2.75-day course covers engineering, mix designs, materials, equipment, ACI Codes and specifications, construction, inspection, QA/QC, and field demonstrations used for civil and geotechnical, underground construction, shaft/tunnel, and mining projects....
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $49.6 Million in Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Grants
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today awarded Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grants valued at $49.6 million to 10 projects using advanced intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies that will improve mobility and safety and support vehicle connectivity. “This $49.6 million in grant funding will support innovative solutions to improve connectivity and help prepare America’s...
APWA’s January PWX@Home Focused on Engineering, Technology, and Asset Management
Kansas City, MO – With brand new live events and updated products, the American Public Works Association’s (APWA) PWX@Home is highlighting Engineering, Technology, and Asset Management throughout the month of January. Each month through July 2021, APWA is offering virtual education sessions related to a specialty within public works, and providing dynamic professional credentialing and networking opportunities to all public works professionals. “Since September, we have seen a clear, and inc...
Comati, Greeniaus Enhance Gannett Fleming’s Transit and Rail Service Offerings
Public transportation is being disrupted by forces of technology, societal changes, the pandemic, and much more. These forces of change will shape the next era of transit and rail mobility. Gannett Fleming understands that mobility solutions implemented today must also deliver safe, accessible, and reliable functionality in the transportation ecosystem of the future. To serve clients now with solutions that meet the needs of the future, Gannett Fleming is pleased to announce the following new hi...
Dewberry’s Jerry Mrykalo Receives WTS-DC Chapter’s Honorable Ray Lahood Award
Mrykalo leads the firm’s mid-Atlantic traffic engineering group. Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced that Senior Associate and Department Manager Jerry Mrykalo, PE, PTOE, has been recognized as the recipient of the Honorable Ray LaHood award by the Women’s Transportation Seminar Washington, D.C., Chapter (WTS-DC). Mrykalo was recognized during the virtual WTS-DC holiday party on December 8. The award is presented annually to a man who is a leader in tra...
Simpson Strong-Tie Releases 2020 Year in Review List Highlighting Best New Products, Innovations, and Building Solutions
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, today released its annual Year in Review List, highlighting major new product launches, structural engineering solutions, and other industry innovations introduced over the past twelve months. New building solutions introduced by Simpson Strong-Tie in 2020 included product innovations for applications in construction materials ranging from light-frame and mass timber to concrete and...
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