The Hudson Yards’ Creative Structural Platform
Recently, my alma mater, North Carolina State University, hosted the annual Paul Zia lecture, a distinguished structural engineering annual lecture series to highlight exceptional projects and their designers. Thornton Thomasetti presented on the Hudson Yards project in New York City. The premise of this project is fascinating because it involves development of the actual air […]
Need Quick Timber Calculations? There’s an App
Engineers often turn to back-of-the-envelope calculations to answer quick, conceptual questions, but even these easy equations can get tiresome. There is a new online tool for timber designers to help alleviate the repetitiveness of this work. Fast + Epp Structural Engineers released the free tool hoping it will help push the industry to consider timber for more structures. – […]
Brooklyn Bridge – Still Standing Despite Everything
Designing and building the Brooklyn Bridge was anything but easy. The death of the lead engineer (and near-death of a second), foundation challenges, a mysterious illness, and the challenge of designing the tallest structures in the western hemisphere. The project was over budget and behind schedule, but over 100 years later, it’s still standing. Check […]
Learning from Rust
Travel to a 22-acre field in West Lafayette, Indiana and you’ll find six dozen steel bridge sections and 3 complete bridges. Used as a university lab, bridge inspection training facility, and an eclectic museum, the Steel Bridge Research Inspection Training and Engineering Center (S-BRITE) is a world unto itself. Check out the story behind it all. – Shannon Warchol, […]
Jakarta Is Sinking – A Structural Nightmare
Jakarta, Indonesia is at risk of sinking into the sea, but not for the reason you may think. Though the capital city sits on the edge of the Java Sea and is susceptible to rising water levels, the government is warning development and aquifer mismanagement as the main sources of concern. High rise structures, built […]
