Newtecnic and Cambridge University Construction Research Partnership Delivers Concrete Facade Innovation
International building design engineering firm. Newtecnic, and the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge (UK), have completed a 3-year knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) to develop a new generation of components, load bearing connections and associated design methods for composite concrete building facades. Following this initial project, Newtecnic is continuing and expanding the work in its recently formed Cambridge R&D office and in the US through partnerships with the Uni...
New Willis Tower Antenna Lighting to Recolor Chicago Skyline
How many people does it take to change the antenna light colors at Willis Tower? Now, thanks to a high-tech upgrade, the answer is officially one. Previously, when Willis Tower changed the antenna light color, a crew had to wait for ideal weather conditions (low winds, no rain/snow), travel to the top of the tower and manually place color pallets over every single light. The process took up to four hours. With its recently installed new lighting tech, Willis Tower is now able to do simple ant...
Video: Vintage Empire State Building Footage Highlights Importance of Construction Safety
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New Educare Center Opens in Long Beach, Teaching Children—and Schools—to Look at Learning a New Way
LONG BEACH, Calif.- Long Beach's newest residents are moving in. The opening of Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach marks the culmination of a fast-tracked, year-long effort to build the 31,483-square-foot facility adjacent to Clara Barton Elementary School. Built by American Modular Systems (AMS), the four-building Gen7 campus is state-of-the-art, offering research-based, year-round child care and early education programs that help close the achievement gap between children from disparate socioec...
Western Specialty Contractors Restores Facade of Historic Downtown St. Louis Monogram Building
St. Louis, MO – Western Specialty Contractors - St. Louis Masonry Restoration Branch recently completed a $1.2 million facade restoration of the historic Monogram Building at 1706 Washington Ave. in Downtown St. Louis. Developer Michael Knight, a partner at Revive Capital Development of Kansas City, MO, converted the nine-story brick and terra cotta building, renamed Monogram on Washington, into 168 modern, luxury apartments (112 one-bedroom, 32 two-bedroom and 24 studio), complete with a roo...
AISI Publishes Report on LRFD and LSD Resistance Factors for CFS Compression Members
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published a new research report on the recalibration of the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and the Limit States Design (LSD) resistance factors for cold-formed steel compression members when the strength is predicted using the Direct Strength Method. Since the Direct Strength Method statistically provides a better strength prediction, higher resistance factors are realized. A summary of the project, findings and analys...
Video: Restoration and Seismic Strengthening of Gaddi Baithak in Kathmandu Durbar Square
Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli inaugurated the newly reconstructed and seismically strengthened Gaddi Baithak in Nepal on June 27. The former palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site in Kathmandu Durbar Square.
Resolution at U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Conference Will Result in Steady Building Efficiency Gains for Future Energy Code Updates
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) has long recognized the many benefits of improving the efficiency of residential, multifamily, and commercial buildings through the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)–also called “America’s Model Energy Code” because of its role in reducing energy waste from our nation’s largest consuming sector: buildings. In addition, as the only I-Code that more than pays for itself in “real dollar” energy bill savings, the IECC’s “whole-house” efficiency mea...
California Assembly Passes Historic Earthquake Resilience Bill, Sending it to Senate
For the first time in more than 30 years, a bill to aid communities in identifying buildings at risk of failure or collapse in an earthquake has been passed by the Assembly and is headed to the California Senate for a final vote, the U.S. Resiliency Council announced today. AB 2681, (Nazarian), passed the Assembly Floor last week by a vote of 51-26It received overwhelming support as it made its way through the state’s Government Organization, Local Government and Appropriations committees....
Cementless Fly Ash Binder Makes Concrete 'Green'
HOUSTON – (June 18, 2018) – Rice University engineers have developed a composite binder made primarily of fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants, that can replace Portland cement in concrete. The material is cementless and environmentally friendly, according to Rice materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari, who developed it with graduate student Sung Hoon Hwang. Fly ash binder does not require the high-temperature processing of Portland cement, yet tests showed it has the same compr...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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