A nonprofit representing the National World War II Museum is working toward a settlement but preparing for a jury trial in its lawsuit against the structural engineer of its $65-million hotel and conference center, under construction in downtown New Orleans.
In a long-awaited historic step toward “real" not cookbook wind engineering, the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers has issued a recommended alternative to the building code’s prescriptive procedures for the wind design of buildings.
Five finalists of an international design competition for affordable infill housing on scattered “sliver” sites owned by New York City, are entering a capacity building phase with the city to convert their designs into viable development proposals.
As predicted, the Erection Co. topped out Seattle’s 850-ft-tall Rainier Square Tower, with its radical composite steel frame dubbed “speed core,” in only 10 months.
Orlando, Fla., approved Ponte Health’s site plan and initial designs for its $1-billion Vertical Medical City project in downtown Orlando, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers recently announced the launch of a U.S. version of the U.K.’s Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety program.
The repercussions from the fire tragedy at Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people in a London high-rise in June 2017, continue to spread through the world of building fire safety.
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