Engineer Buildings for Better Strength and Performance. Building engineers are the foundation of any modern society. From evaluating structures, designing building components, to understanding ...
The document by The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) provides general guidelines and three worked design examples for the structural design of blast-resistant buildings. This new edition ...
Keywords: Design. Recommendations. Load and resistance factor design (LRFD). Seismic design. Bridges. Highways. Multispan continuous bridges. Cast-in-place concrete girders. Bearings. Elastomeric ...
Energy codes around the world get stricter every year, architects need to prepare for various challenges ahead. The first step is to understand the key metrics needed to conduct early-stage analyses ...
In the past seven years, four major disasters have caused serious disruptions in the Northeast and Midwest United States. Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City in 2012, inflicting nearly US$11 ...