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DFI Announces 2023 Outstanding Project Award Winner

Civil + Structural Engineer

A presentation on the project is being delivered and the award presented at DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations , October 31 – November 3 in Seattle. The steel and concrete structure was constructed in 1961, and the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board classified Key Arena as a local landmark in 2017.

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Rehabilitation Extends Life, Restores Historical Aspects of Minneapolis’ Third Avenue Bridge

Civil + Structural Engineer

The Third Avenue Bridge was selected for its four character-defining features: Cast-in-place Melan Arch System construction, which encases steel trusses in concrete; Classic Revival aesthetic treatment on piers, the projecting pedestrian bays and ornamental railing added in 1939; Reverse S-curve alignment.

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Simpson Strong-Tie Participates in 7.7 Moment Magnitude Earthquake Test of 10-Story Mass Timber Building

Civil + Structural Engineer

Tests on the 10-story mass timber structure were conducted as part of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) TallWood Project, a research project funded by the National Science Foundation and building industry partners to prove the strength and seismic resiliency of mass timber as a low-carbon structural building material.

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Innovation Valley: A Mecca for Energy

Business Facilities

From the July/August 2017 Issue. EnerNex has partnered with several utility companies to determine what new technologies, products, and services are needed to support more widespread deployment of distributed generation, including renewable energy sources such as solar systems. By the BF Staff. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ornl.gov).

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

It features elements that maximize the safety, security, and efficiency of the travel process including 100 percent automated screening lanes, 100 percent facial recognition “e-gates” for international departure, an innovative landside terminal design, and 100 percent trackable RFID Independent Carrier System.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

Business Facilities

When a company joins Austin’s tech community, it enters a culture that is open, diverse and collaborative. Just as Austin’s tech community is collaborative, its growth also is a collaborative and organized effort of more than 15 cities working hand-in-hand to bring prosperity and build diversity through the region. Former Gov.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An The center will ultimately employ up to 2,000 associates.