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McCarthy Completes Pile Drive on Port of Beaumont Main Street Terminal

Civil + Structural Engineer

The original dock collapsed in 2012, requiring McCarthy to demolish the entire dock, removing all timber piles and collapsed concrete dock structure that was in water which has zero visibility. The new fender system includes an energy-absorbing component to reduce loads on the dock, which will extend its useful life.

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La Nube STEAM Discovery Center opens in El Paso with a focus on transformative learning experiences

Civil + Structural Engineer

Arup’s structural team also optimized the museum’s long-span structural system by performing detailed footfall comfort analysis on every exhibit level. Now open, La Nube is the cornerstone of the 2012 City of El Paso Quality of Life Bond, completing the Downtown Arts District in El Paso.

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McCarthy Completes New Port of Beaumont Main Street Terminal

Civil + Structural Engineer

The original 100-year-old dock at the Main Street Terminal collapsed in 2012, with the original concrete slab sliding into the water due to pile corrosion. The new fender system includes an energy-absorbing component to reduce loads on the dock, which will extend the useful life of the new dock.

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To the rescue: NJ community receives coastal restoration project

Civil + Structural Engineer

In the fall of 2012, Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast of the United States, including the State of New Jersey. I remember a house actually coming off its foundation and floating across a creek and a shed lifting off the ground and drifting down a road with a man standing on its roof. By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D.

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Open BIM Standards – COBIE, OMNICLASS – IFC / COBIE Report 2012

Building Information Management

So called “open BIM”, such as buildingSMART International’s Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs), are important to enabling collaboration as well as interoperability between BIM software applications. COBie, a naming convention for facility spaces/components, etc., complete flexibility to choose what systems they use.

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ABFI Steel Group: Built for success

Roads Online

General Manager Jake Bienke was part of the first ever group of employees in 2012. This focus on maintaining current strengths and capabilities, rather than pursuing major transformation, has set a sturdy foundation for ABFI Steel Group to build upon, as it looks ahead to 2025. That model has led to us growing every year, Bienke says.

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Bentley’s inaugural Chief Donald J. Burns Memorial Research Grant awarded to University of Texas Group

BD+C

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that the Chief Donald J.