Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

The Audrain Building on Newport’s celebrated Bellevue Avenue was designed by New York architect Bruce Price in the early 1900s with intricate exterior detailing that exudes an enduring sense of luxury ...

Acquire the ability to perform design tasks for building structures. Study advanced connections, complex structures, and system-level building design. Learn advanced techniques to evaluate structures ...

Tall buildings represent a pinnacle of modern engineering and architectural ingenuity, embodying the vertical expansion of urban environments and the quest for sustainable densification. The design of ...

Following-up on last month's quick review of the five basic types of building construction, according to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 220, Standard on Types of Building Construction ...

The recent push for larger and taller wood structures may seem like an architectural fad—plenty of hype, but only a few dozen completed projects globally. Concrete and steel still rule the world of ...

After years of being known as the “Leaning Tower of Granby,” the once-condemned building in Norfolk, Va., now known as the Savoy, was restored to its original grandeur. Executing an untested plan to ...

A house may look perfectly fine or in pristine condition while major problems are brewing within the system or at its ...

When I told my mother and grandmother in 2003 that I was selected to do the structural engineering on a new apartment building in Ballard, they were not too thrilled. The new building was slated to ...

Keywords: NEESWood project. Light-frame woodframe structures. Seismic performance. Full-scale tests. Multistory structures. Experimental tests. Shaking table tests ...

The impact of multi-story building design considerations on embodied carbon emissions, cost, and operational energy has been revealed. The impact of multi-storey building design considerations on ...