DeSimone Designs World's First Guitar-Shaped Hotel
DeSimone Consulting Engineers is excited to announce that construction is now complete at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Designed in collaboration with Klai Juba Wald Architects, the guitar-shaped building stands 35 stories above ground and includes 638 rooms and suites, in addition to a 41,000-square-foot spa and several restaurants. The neck of the guitar extends 75 feet above the roof with light cannons blazing through. The hotel originally opened its doors in...
Newark Airport Terminal Redevelopment Reaches Construction Milestone
WSP USA joins Port Authority of NY/NJ to celebrate topping out of Terminal One, the largest design-build project in New Jersey to date. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY — The Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal One Redevelopment Program marked a key milestone today at an event celebrating the steel topping out of the new terminal building. WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, is providing construction management and inspection services to the Port Author...
Video: Secrets of the Parthenon
The Parthenon, the icon of Western civilization, which stands in splendor on Acropolis Hill in Athens, has stood for for 2,500 years, miraculously surviving the ravages of time, nature and mankind. For decades, engineers, architects and scientists have wondered exactly how this ingenious structure has successfully stood the test of time to continue to tower majestically over the Greek capital.
LSU Researchers Continue Work on Bendable Concrete, Add Sugarcane Byproducts to the Mix
BATON ROUGE, La. - Work on developing an engineered cementitious composite, or bendable concrete, for mass adoption by LSU Construction Management researchers continues and the results are promising. Most recently, the team constructed three 60-foot-long overlay sections on top of a section of deteriorated asphalt at the Louisiana Transportation Research Center in order to restore its condition. Section one was a jointless 2.5-inch-thick ECC overlay, section two was a jointless 4-inch-thick E...
Video: How to Restore an Earthquake-Destroyed UNESCO Heritage Palace
Originally built in 1908, Gaddi Baithak reflects the influence that European architecture had on Nepal at that time. Primarily composed of brick with alternating mud and lime mortar layers, the building includes a double-height great hall with timber trusses, wood-framed ceilings and floors and minimal use of steel for connections above the ceiling. Two box-like appendages on either end of the hall include mezzanines. The south face of the building features a terrace with six sets of double colu...
ACI to Develop Precast Structural Concrete Code
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces the formation of a new committee whose mission is to develop and maintain structural concrete code requirements unique to the design of precast concrete. ACI Committee 319, Precast Structural Concrete Code, will host its inaugural meeting at the ACI Fall Convention on October 21, 2019, in Cincinnati, OH, USA. Under the leadership of chair Andrea Schokker, Professor and Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Mi...
GrapheneCA Supplies Major Construction Built with Graphene
NEW YORK - Graphene supplier and manufacturer GrapheneCA was the sole provider for all of the graphene used in one of the first major commercial constructions to make use of the miracle material. A new convention center Centro de Convenciones Siglo XXI start building 200 km away from Cancún relies on concrete enhanced by GrapheneCA’s 99.7% carbon pure graphene in its entirety. Constructions that use graphene as an additive are anti-flammable, anti-corrosive, and share its improved mechanical...
The Canadian Parliament Buildings - Ottawa, Canada
Cintec West Block Restoration The West Block was constructed between 1860 and 1865. In 1897 the building was damaged by fire. The West Block is one of the three buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario that forms the Parliamentary precinct. The West Block after renovation now houses offices for Parliamentarians, a branch of the Library of Parliament, committee rooms, and some preserved pre-Confederation spaces, which are used for some state occasions. All Canadian laws now originate he...
Sports Stadiums Subject to Damage From Elements, Wear and Tear From Fans
St. Louis, MO - Large crowds and the elements can make any sport played in a stadium that much more exciting. But after the season ends, the wear and tear that these stressors can have on the stadium can quickly be seen. Most sports stadiums in the United States are made up of reinforced concrete with steel seating supports and railing. Unfortunately, an even more universal characteristic is their openness and vulnerability to the elements — in addition to the wear and tear they receive from...
KWK Architects/TKDA Design Team Transforms University of Minnesota's Historic Pioneer Hall into Contemporary Space for Today’s Students
St. Louis, MO - The University of Minnesota’s 90-year-old Pioneer Hall opened its doors to incoming freshmen following a much-needed expansion and renovation. KWK Architects led the design effort on the project, partnered with architecture/engineering firm-of-record TKDA of St. Paul, MN. The decision by the University’s Board of Regents in 2016 to preserve a significant amount of the residence hall’s signature exterior but demolish much of its interior offered a unique challenge to the projec...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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June Issue 2026
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