Updates on projects and companies in the Mountain States region.

In what the civil engineers gtroup termed "the most significant change" to the 7-22 standard's flood load provisions since the inception of ASCE 7. the new supplement ties flood hazard mitigation to a structure’s risk level, and sets the hazard area for most risk categories to the 500-year floodplain for determining flood loads.

Flood design is often reduced to meeting federal and local regulations, but some engineers want more bespoke solutions to keep buildings dry