Forensic engineering has come a long way since Wiss Janney Elstner Associates was featured on the cover of ENR in 1972. For its 150th anniversary, ENR looks back at how problem-solving and investigations by that forensics firm and others have better informed the engineering knowledge base.
A 1972 ENR cover story said of Wiss Janney Elstner Associates in Northbrook, Ill., “It exists largely by looking for trouble, both before and after the fact of structural distress and failure.”
Chair of Chelmsford, Mass.-based Hub Foundation Co. Inc. and cited earlier this year by The Moles for outstanding achievement, Maxwell died July 25 after a five year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease,
Crews building the new crossing will soon reach a milestone as bridge sections being built between Detroit and Windsor, Canada
will be joined in the middle by the end of June.
The InQuik system offers a lighter-weight, faster alternative to precast bridges and is drawing attention of transportation agencies across the country.
The U.S. Dept. of Defense announced it has passed the halfway mark on construction of a temporary floating pier structure in the Mediterranean Sea near the Gaza Strip.
For his tireless drive to engineer enduring solutions for a disaster-plagued world and his persistent push for both technical innovation and seismic design information exchange, ENR’s editorial team has selected Kit Miyamoto to receive its 59th Award of Excellence.