Articles by Nadine M. Post

On Jan. 3, Ron Klemencic, who turned 55 the next day, got an early birthday present. 

Prefab, preassemble, disassemble, barge in, lift, swing, set, fit and connect.

122-page guide pushing water conservation in buildings set to be released nearly a year after the sudden death of its champion, William J. Worthen. 

The team setting the stage in seismic Seattle for a 58-story composite steel frame calls the project “a game-changer”

Based on 2016 tests of a composite cross-laminated timber-and-concrete floor system, architect-engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has released guidance on how to analyze composite timber floors and predict their behavior in wood frames.

Earlier this month, just over two years after Los Angeles passed a law requiring seismic retrofits of older, nonductile concrete buildings, the city’s Dept. of Building and Safety began sending compliance orders to owners.

Steel interests have misgivings about the fairness of a California law, enacted last month, intended to minimize carbon footprints of certain construction materials used in state-funded building projects by requiring all products to have a global warming potential less than the industry average.