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Simpson Strong-Tie Promotes Annie Kao to Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Engagement

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Simpson Strong-Tie , the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has promoted Annie Kao to a newly created position of Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Engagement. Our engineered structural products and solutions are recognized for helping structures resist high winds, hurricanes and seismic forces.

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Light But Tough: MDLR Brands’ Building Panels

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MDLR Brands’ composite SIPs (structural insulated panels) weigh in at just over 1 pound per square foot. Instead, a simple pulley system and a couple of workers can maneuver and place the panels onsite. Because of LiteSIP’s light weight, the panels can span larger distances between structural beams. LiteSIP installation.

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National Science Foundation Awards Research Funding to Advance Performance-Based Fire Design for Cold-Formed Steel Structures

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WASHINGTON, DC – A research project progressing from the American Iron and Steel Institute’s (AISI) Small Project/Fellowship Program has received significant funding through the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance performance-based fire design for cold-formed steel (CFS) structures. Thomas Gernay, Ph.D.,

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Industrial Constructors/Managers, Inc. facilitates improvements to aerospace test facility thanks to ‘on the go’ construction and welding

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ICM) , was hired to do in the summer of 2019 for Reaction Engines , a privately-held technology company that’s developing thermal management systems and novel propulsion solutions for the defense and commercial high-speed flight sector, as well as for aviation, automotive, and energy sectors in the US and UK.

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A System that Takes Developers and Builders from Design to Completion

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A System that Takes Developers and Builders from Design to Completion qpurcell Fri, 03/08/2024 - 11:41 When the team behind the design-build company Shibusa Systems researched the causes of the U.S. Reynolds, cofounder, president, and CEO, Shibusa Systems. The upshot? Fewer people can build many more homes per year.”

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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Water/Stormwater

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The dam’s structural integrity was threatened as several feet of material eroded away during the rain event, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) needed to find an immediate solution that would preserve the historic structure and protect a critical economic resource. C Below, Inc., Terracon Consultants, Inc.,

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raSmith’s Chris Tippery Honored with 2023 Collections Award from the Central States Water Environment Association

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raSmith, a multi-disciplined civil and structural engineering and surveying firm, is pleased to announce that Chris Tippery, P.E., BROOKFIELD, Wis. ENV SP, senior project manager, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Collections Award for the Wisconsin Section of the Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA).