Structural Analysis on the 2016 Taiwanese Earthquake:
The Tainan earthquake of 6.4 magnitude occurred on February 6, 2016. The earthquake led to the collapse a 17 storey building, Weiguan Golden Dragon. Strangely, this building was reported to be the only high rise building to…
SHOULD ARCHITECTS KNOW SOME STUFF ABOUT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING?
architects vs structural engineers The process of structural design and construction is sometimes a brutal process, when your design team is not on the same page. Structural engineers think their team’s architects just…
Food for Thought: The Spirit of Engineering and How We Should Use Our Structural Codes
During a lunch with one of my senior colleagues, who I value as a mentor, I learned something quite valuable. “As engineers, it is not the codes that we should…
New Section on Lateral Resisting Systems
Source: wsu.edu Click here to see our newest notes on the different types of lateral resisting systems and their advantages and disadvantages! These are lateral resisting systems that are mostly for low…
HoloLens is Transforming the Construction Industry!
You can now use mixed reality technology to virtually view holograms of 3D objects and to interact with them. Using Microsoft HoloLens, which is a lightweight headset, you can view your 3D…
Featuring the Largest Earthquake Simulator in the United States
"It's not a question of if there would be an earthquake or not; it's a question of when.” -Joel Conte, Ph.D., Professor at UC San Diego Source:http://cerato.ou.edu/category/blog/ The largest earthquake…
Concrete Tests: Part 1 – Hardened Concrete Tests
Concrete tests are performed to determine whether concrete strength for the use of a structure is adequate, whether the concrete is sustainable during its life cycle, whether there are deteriorations…
Past Olympic Stadiums and Their Structural Challenges and Solutions
To commemorate this year’s Olympics in Rio, we are going to take a look at the previous momentous Olympic stadiums. For every Olympic stadium, tight construction schedules are to be in place,…
Past Olympic Stadiums and Their Structural Challenges and Solutions
To commemorate this year’s Olympics in Rio, we are going to take a look at the previous momentous Olympic stadiums. For every Olympic stadium, tight construction schedules are to be in place,…
Springfield Primary School in Greater Manchester
Kier was the main contractor for this project. The contractor implemented BIMXtra, which was their own BIM management system to increase collaboration and integration within the team. The BIM software is…
