For over a century, wood pole structures have been used to support overhead powerlines. Over time, as the utility industry expanded, the basic wood pole structure has evolved, but regardless of ...

A team in earthquake-prone Seattle is daring to deliver an 850-ft-tall “proof of concept” for a composite structural-steel frame, instead of a steel frame around a reinforced concrete core. For the ...

Fatigue life is a key concern in welded-steel frames for mobile equipment that experience large and varying dynamic loads. For engineers who design welded-steel structures subject to dynamic loading, ...

Keywords: Earthquake engineering; Simultaneous story yielding; Axial force demand; Column design; Wave propagation; Seismic design; Multistory buildings; Shear buildings; Pulse excitation; Earthquake ...

Thanks to a number of key innovations, steel is playing a greater role in residential high-rises, senior and student housing, and taller mixed-use developments, says architect Jayshree Shah, AIA, ...

The 19-story 200 Park Avenue project in San Jose, Calif., is taking SpeedCore to the next level by eliminating most of the spray-applied fire protection. SpeedCore. SpeedFloor. SpeedConnection.