Nadine M. Post

Building Materials

Making Better Concrete Connections in Shear-Wall Cores

Northwest teams improve steel-fiber-concrete link beams to reduce rebar congestion in seismic-zone shear walls

September 28, 2016

Structural engineer Cary Kopczynski once penned a prediction: “There may come a day in the not-too-distant future when concrete building structures will commonly be reinforced with a combination of steel fibers and steel reinforcing bar.

Cross-Laminated Timber Product Passes First US Fire Tests

D.R. Johnson's CLT panel can be exposed as an interior finish

Nadine M. Post

September 6, 2016

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Good performance of the cross-laminated timber panels, made by the first certified CLT supplier in the U.S., is expected to have a positive impact on domestic production.

Cohousing Developer Robert S. Dick Dies at 67

Denver-based developer was an advocate for affordable housing

Nadine M. Post

August 31, 2016

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Denver-based Dick, long an advocate for affordable housing, succumbed to cancer.

SOM's Timber Tower Floor System Passes Muster

Nadine M. Post

August 31, 2016

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Having recently validated assumptions about floor-system capacities in its timber-and-concrete structural model for a 42-story residential building, architect-engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is planning additional load tests, followed by fire tests, to nail down the viability of mass-timber-and-concrete high-rises.

Health in Harmony Saves Rainforests with 'Stethoscopes'

Kinari Webb's group is building a hospital in Borneo to discourage illegal logging

Nadine M. Post

August 16, 2016

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American design team, led by architect Richard Ramer, provides pro bono services for 27,000-sq-ft hospital that will never turn a patient away.

HASSELL + OMA Design Revealed for Western Australia Museum

Construction set to begin late this year on the $320.5-million Perth project

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August 15, 2016

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Green Buildings

Database Aims to Remove Code Barriers to Sustainability

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August 10, 2016

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Watershed Management Group, a Tucson-based nonprofit, initiated a research project with the ultimate goal of convincing Arizona building officials to accept non-code-compliant composting toilets—critical to potable water conservation in buildings—as an alternative to an onsite wastewater system.

Canted, Cantilevered Columbia Medical School Opens

Description-Defying Vagelos Medical Center Was a True Learning Experience

Nadine M. Post

August 2, 2016

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Southern side of the brazenly asymmetrical 100,000-sq-ft building took twice as long to build as the conventional northern half.

Concrete Group Improves Model Code for Existing-Structure Repairs

ACI 562-16 aligns terminology with other structural standards

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July 19, 2016

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Code Requirements for Assessment, Repair and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures addresses spot fixes that might be needed after a structure has been in service.

Workers' Voices

Rodbuster Is Obsessed With Continuous Improvement

The 'Rodfather' looks back on his early career as a construction worker

Nadine M. Post

July 7, 2016

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At the end of the first day Tony Gerde, then 22, worked as a rodbuster—carrying rebar like a pack animal—he went home a wreck—with bruised shoulders, raw skin and his body aching from head to toe.