Short Takes: Mackinac Bridge Designated a Civil Engineering Landmark
What's Shaking in Seismic Design of Earth Retaining Structures?
An innovative canopy structure referred to as an energy roof that would use both the sun and the wind to generate electric power has been designed by the Austrian architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, of Vienna...
Norwegian Team Designs World's Tallest Timber Building
Engineers Shake Iconic LAX Theme Building in Test
NewsBriefs: Mechanical Falcons Designed to Prevent Bird Strikes (The Wall Street Journal)
The Importance of Filters in Bridge Scour Countermeasure Design
Designing for Potential Mine Subsidence at a Disposal Facility in Appalachia
The Evolution of Geotechnical Inputs in Highway Pavement Design
Application of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Pavement Subgrade Design
The idea of merging architecture with nature formed the basis of the design of the Perot Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas...
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Short Takes: Ohio Northern University Wins Inaugural Student Structural Design Award
Corps's Largest Design/Build Civil Works Project To Shield New Orleans
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Performance-Based Design Method (PBDM)
This chapter discusses the performance-based design method (PBDM). Topics include performance objectives; recommended analysis methods; modeling guidance; preliminary proportioning; acceptance...
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Final Design of Hudson River Rail Tunnels Begins
People: Easterling Named Montague-Betts Professor of Structural Steel Design
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