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With Climate Events on the Rise, Material Selection is Critical for Long-term Resilience

Civil + Structural Engineer

JANUARY 8, 2025

As these extreme climate events continue to grow in number and size, owners are turning to architects, engineers, and construction professionals to deliver more resilient buildings without higher costs. Sustainability and resilience are critical factors in building design and construction.

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DfMA Approach to Mass Timber Design: Engineering a Greener Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) is leading the way in modern building design, reshaping how we build, especially when it comes to mass timber. Engineering Precision and Efficiency The DfMA approach is reshaping the engineering of mass timber projects by optimizing design and construction processes.

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SFPE Announces Program and Speakers for Upcoming Engineering Solutions Symposium for Fire Safety and Sustainable Building Design

Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 15, 2023

This packed symposium will explore design concepts, tools, and approaches for fire-safe buildings, and highlight the role of fire safety in sustainable design and education. The event will also present insight into external living walls, battery/energy storage systems, façade systems, photovoltaics, mass timber, and more.

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KAI Designs and Builds New Urban League Senior Living Center in St. Louis

Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 7, 2024

Funded through a combination of federal, state, and local grants, along with in-kind donations, the center exemplifies the community’s resilience and commitment to positive change. This building is actually a result of years of hard work, dedication, commitment and vision of many people. Florissant Ave.,

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Designing Resilient Buildings for Extreme Weather Conditions

The Constructor

MAY 25, 2023

As extreme weather conditions become more common and severe, resilient building design is essential for keeping people safe and avoiding costly structural damage.

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Top 5 Strategies to Overcome Construction Challenges and Build Resilient Structures

Construction Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As extreme weather events become more frequent and intense due to climate change, the need for resilient buildings has never been more critical. From hurricanes and floods to wildfires and earthquakes, structures must be designed to withstand these hazards while ensuring safety and longevity.

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Combining Concrete and Offsite Manufacturing to Create Resilient Homes

The Pro Builder

APRIL 18, 2024

Combining Concrete and Offsite Manufacturing to Create Resilient Homes qpurcell Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:53 Before it could build resilient , high-performing homes across the country, Onx Homes decided it first needed to prove it could do so in a challenging climate. This is not a theory. We have done it,” he says.

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Supporting Resiliency with Optimized Metal Building Systems

Civil + Structural Engineer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With increasing urgency, building owners, architects and contractors are turning to metal buildings to deliver resilient, robust and safe buildings to better mitigate risk. “In Pros, AIA, MBA, CPD Director of Design, DS Architecture, Cleveland. According to Dr. W.

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Generational Marketing Webinar: Insights for Future-Proofing Your Business

Civil + Structural Engineer

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As they see the world burn, parch, flood, and blow down around them, expect them to force the housing industry to rethink resiliency and sustainability. Register now to stay ahead of generational trends and ensure your products and designs resonate with the buyers of today and tomorrow! Click here to register.

Renewable Energy Systems

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New ASCE Publication Focuses on the Different Aspects of Resilient and Sustainable Buildings

Civil + Structural Engineer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This title will appeal to a wide range of civil engineering readers including graduate students, urban planners, engineers and social science practitioners interested in learning about the direction of RSB research.

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Inside Out: Building Resilient Infrastructure to Safeguard Against Natural Disasters

Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 1, 2023

By considering various types of disasters during the design and construction phase, infrastructure can be better prepared to withstand multiple threats, ensuring the safety of communities. Beyond their strength, HSS also contributes to sustainable and resilient practices. Approximately 1.5 is an estimated $125 billion.

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Design Draw Build won the Honor Award in AIA California’s 2024 Architecture at Zero competition.

CCR Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Architect-led design-build firm Design Draw Build (DDB) received the highest professional honor award from The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Californias 2024 Architecture at Zero Competition for the design of Agualta STEAM Engine. says DDB Founder and Principal Tyler Kobick, AIA.

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Study Shows More Home Builders Adopting Green Building Practices, Products

The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

are increasingly adopting sustainable building products and practices that conserve water, energy, and materials. are increasingly adopting sustainable building products and practices that conserve water, energy, and materials.

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Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits

The Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits qpurcell Wed, 10/04/2023 - 09:00 Dvele —a California-based manufacturer of prefab, modular homes—got started by bringing two building concepts together: high performance and factory construction. In 2018, Brandon Weiss, a third-generation U.S. Dvele's Nob Hill home in Ventura, Calif.,

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PhiusCon 2023 Heads to Houston, Texas

The Pro Builder

OCTOBER 11, 2023

PhiusCon 2023 Heads to Houston, Texas qpurcell Wed, 10/11/2023 - 11:03 PhiusCon, the leading passive building conference for climate-specific zero energy design, construction, and building science, heads to Houston this November 7-10, 2023. Tickets to PhiusCon Houston are selling now.

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Simpson Strong-Tie To Introduce New Yield-Link® Brace Connection and Resilient Building Systems at the 2023 NASCC Steel Conference

Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 12, 2023

The Steel Conference is the premier annual event for designers, fabricators, erectors, and construction professionals involved in the design and construction of steel buildings and bridges.

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Prefab ADUs: A Rising Trend in Affordable Housing and Off-Site Construction Solutions

The Pro Builder

OCTOBER 28, 2023

At the same time, the construction industry is contending with its own set of challenges regarding workforce availability, jobsite safety, building quality, lack of materials, and building sustainability. Additionally, building in a controlled setting can reduce material waste, providing both environmental and cost benefits.

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

Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 25, 2023

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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Styrofoam’s Promise for Hurricane-Proof Homes

The Pro Builder

JUNE 2, 2023

But as it turns out, there may be bigger opportunities for the polystyrene foam to benefit our daily lives—and it comes in the form of building homes. Vero Building Systems , a building materials manufacturing company, has begun production of its lightweight structural concrete insulated panels (SCIP). But it doesn’t end there.

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Black Buffalo Hits Print on First Internationally Code Compliant 3D-Printed Home

The Pro Builder

MAY 29, 2024

First International Code Council Approved 3D-Printed Home Dubbed “LoMa” for its low-maintenance nature, the home was designed in partnership with Boxer Property to showcase the ease of the immediate construction process as well as future maintenance and upkeep. Black Buffalo 3D-printed home building process.

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National Mall Concept Home Makes the Case for Prefab

The Pro Builder

JULY 26, 2023

The project team broke down what it wanted to address through three key issues : Affordable Resiliency by Design: How can we reduce the complexity of the construction process while meeting or exceeding all building science and structural requirements? Construction of the National Mall concept home.

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Revolutionizing Construction with the Use of Nudura® ICFs at Divi Little Bay Beach Resort

The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Maarten involved three connecting, four-story buildings to add 98 new hotel rooms. The buildings also had to be designed for seismic and hurricane-wind loads to withstand potential natural disasters of the waterfront location.

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To Meet Current Challenges and Future Needs, We Need to Reinvent Home Building

The Pro Builder

AUGUST 19, 2023

To Meet Current Challenges and Future Needs, We Need to Reinvent Home Building ibush Sat, 08/19/2023 - 08:15 The pandemic rocked traditional rules and roles for work and home and reset expectations. It’s critical to look at the implications these shifts have for employment, construction, and housing design. And the $1.2

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Revolutionizing Construction with the Use of Nudura ICFs at Divi Little Bay Beach Resort

The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Maarten involved three connecting, four-story buildings to add 98 new hotel rooms. The buildings also had to be designed for seismic and hurricane-wind loads to withstand potential natural disasters of the waterfront location.

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New Snow Load Provisions for Standard ASCE 7-22

Civil + Structural Engineer

JULY 21, 2023

. – The latest title from the American Society of Civil Engineer’s, Snow Loads: Guide to the Snow Load Provisions of ASCE 7- 22 supplies detailed, authoritative explanations of the snow load provisions contained in Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures , Standard ASCE/SEI 7-22.

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Transcend Raises $20M Series B to Automate Critical Infrastructure Design

Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 4, 2023

. (“Transcend”), the leading SaaS provider of generative design tools for critical infrastructure, announced today it has closed on its Series B financing round with participation from Autodesk, Inc.,

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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Reveals Exemplary Projects

Civil + Structural Engineer

JUNE 8, 2023

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced today its 2023 Award of Excellence winners, with over 100 of the year’s most exemplary projects in sustainable vertical urbanism. Click here to view the complete list of categories and winners.)

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DOE Announces Six Finalists in Home Electrification Prize

The Pro Builder

MAY 2, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) announced six finalists in the Equitable and Affordable Solutions to Electrification (EAS-E) Prize , which awards innovative solutions that advance electrification retrofits across various residential building types and geographies with $2.4 million in cash prizes and technical assistance. Milwaukie, Ore.)

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Digital Twin Consortium Publishes Building Performance User Guide

Civil + Structural Engineer

JULY 25, 2023

BOSTON, MA – Today, Digital Twin Consortium ® (DTC) published The Why and the What of Digital Twin Building Performance and Sustainability: An Owner’s Perspective. and “What are the objectives for sustainability, efficiency, resiliency, health, risk mitigation, performance, reliability, and accountability?”

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Light But Tough: MDLR Brands’ Building Panels

The Pro Builder

APRIL 23, 2024

Light But Tough: MDLR Brands’ Building Panels qpurcell Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:33 The building panels manufactured by Tennessee-based MDLR Brands are so lightweight that just four people can carry a panel sheet measuring 8 by 32 feet. MDLR Brands’ average turnaround time for its homes following the design phase is five to six months.

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Aurigo Masterworks Cloud Achieves FedRAMP In Process Status

Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 25, 2023

FedRAMP accreditation is a testament to the hard work put in over several years to build the safest and most resilient technology platform for our customers.” Together, these two accomplishments deliver a highly secure and reliable SaaS platform to federal agencies for the nation’s most critical building and infrastructure programs.

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Superior and WSP Begin Work on FDOT’s $171M Brooks Bridge Project

Civil + Structural Engineer

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In addition, the design-build team will prioritize providing safer boat access to the Brooks Bridge Marina. The new design will increase the structure’s resilience which is crucial since it serves as a hurricane evacuation route for Okaloosa Island residents.

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LSU Civil Engineering Professor Aims to Create Offshore Energy Infrastructures That Resist Hurricanes, Aging

Civil + Structural Engineer

JULY 20, 2023

Fortunately for the oil and gas industry, LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Chao Sun is researching how to create resilient offshore energy infrastructure under extreme tropical cyclones and aging issues. Ninety percent of current U.S.

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BESIX and Equans secure contract to Design and Build Tier III data centre in Belgium

Civil + Structural Engineer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

BESIX, in a temporary partnership with key MEP provider Equans, has been awarded a significant contract to design and construct a cutting-edge 40MVA data center in Neder-Over-Heembeek, Belgium, by KEVLINX. The scope of the contract for BESIX-Equans encompasses the design and construction of a state-of-the-art, turn-key data center.

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Mancini Duffy and Manhattan’s Tin Building

Civil + Structural Engineer

JUNE 1, 2023

By Luke Carothers Located in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge in lower Manhattan’s historic Seaport, the Tin Building by Jean-Georges is a sprawling culinary destination. The Tin Building is a landmarked structure within a landmarked neighborhood. The Tin Building is a landmarked structure within a landmarked neighborhood.

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Creative Composites Group Acquires United Fiberglass of America, Expands Product Capabilities

Civil + Structural Engineer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Our team looks forward to working with CCG in building better and more resilient products for the nation’s infrastructure and commercial needs.” while also building on its portfolio by adding building panels, cable management systems and water/wastewater industry products. This is CCG’s second acquisition in 2023.

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Modernizing Access: New Bridge Design Enhances Safety and Environment

Civil + Structural Engineer

MARCH 20, 2024

With the bridge’s deteriorating conditions and the need to improve access and safety, the City of New Smyrna Beach hired DRMP as the prime consultant to design a replacement bridge. The new bridge design not only addresses current infrastructure challenges but also enhances the surrounding environment.

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Trust is at an all-time low. Here are 5 ways to address it

Civil + Structural Engineer

JANUARY 29, 2024

Designers, engineers and planners have long created modern marvels that withstand the unthinkable and make daily life immeasurably better. Some businesses are addressing these issues head-on, creating strategies to build and sustain trust. By Jannet Walker-Ford First, the good news.

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Making the Grade: Why Lightweight Aggregates may be the Key to Improved Infrastructure

Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 1, 2023

As the nation looks for ways to improve this assessment for the 2025 report card, it is important for repairs and rehabilitation projects to consider long-term resiliency as an essential feature. One way to bolster the overall resilience of a roadway is to assess the stability and quality of soil beneath it.

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LAN Plays Key Role in Launching San Antonio, Texas Inaugural ASHE Chapter

Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 29, 2024

“Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, ASHE San Antonio offers a platform for professional development, access to exclusive events, workshops, and networking opportunities designed to enhance your skills and knowledge.

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SFPE Foundation Solicits Public Comment on Four White Papers Published Through its Grand Challenges Initiative

Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 2, 2023

Bethesda, and at the SFPE Engineering Solutions Symposium for Fire Safety and Sustainable Building Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Director, SFPE Foundation.  “For Director, SFPE Foundation. “While

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5 Design Considerations When Building In Harsh Environments

Construction Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

Engineering in harsh environments poses a distinct set of challenges that call for innovative and robust design solutions. Material Selection Selecting the appropriate materials is essential for designing structures in harsh environments. When designing military shelter systems , the material choice becomes even more critical.

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Union Pacific Recognizes WSP with 2023 Sustainability Partner Award

Civil + Structural Engineer

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Addressing sustainability, resiliency, and social equity challenges is at the core of WSP’s corporate strategy. WSP designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. Recognized on Fast Company’s Brands that Matter List for 2022 as a top Community-Minded Business, WSP in the U.S.

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Doris Jenkins joins HNTB as resilient infrastructure solutions engineer

Civil + Structural Engineer

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Resilience specialist brings expertise in nature-based solutions and urban forestry BOSTON HNTB welcomes Doris Jenkins , PE, as a resilience infrastructure solutions engineer. Based in the firms Boston office, Jenkins will support advancing resilience projects and programs across Massachusetts and the Northeast.

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With Climate Events on the Rise, Material Selection is Critical for Long-term Resilience

DfMA Approach to Mass Timber Design: Engineering a Greener Future

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SFPE Announces Program and Speakers for Upcoming Engineering Solutions Symposium for Fire Safety and Sustainable Building Design

KAI Designs and Builds New Urban League Senior Living Center in St. Louis

Designing Resilient Buildings for Extreme Weather Conditions

Top 5 Strategies to Overcome Construction Challenges and Build Resilient Structures

Combining Concrete and Offsite Manufacturing to Create Resilient Homes

Supporting Resiliency with Optimized Metal Building Systems

Generational Marketing Webinar: Insights for Future-Proofing Your Business

New ASCE Publication Focuses on the Different Aspects of Resilient and Sustainable Buildings

Inside Out: Building Resilient Infrastructure to Safeguard Against Natural Disasters

Design Draw Build won the Honor Award in AIA California’s 2024 Architecture at Zero competition.

Study Shows More Home Builders Adopting Green Building Practices, Products

Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits

PhiusCon 2023 Heads to Houston, Texas

Simpson Strong-Tie To Introduce New Yield-Link® Brace Connection and Resilient Building Systems at the 2023 NASCC Steel Conference

Prefab ADUs: A Rising Trend in Affordable Housing and Off-Site Construction Solutions

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

Styrofoam’s Promise for Hurricane-Proof Homes

Black Buffalo Hits Print on First Internationally Code Compliant 3D-Printed Home

National Mall Concept Home Makes the Case for Prefab

Revolutionizing Construction with the Use of Nudura® ICFs at Divi Little Bay Beach Resort

To Meet Current Challenges and Future Needs, We Need to Reinvent Home Building

Revolutionizing Construction with the Use of Nudura ICFs at Divi Little Bay Beach Resort

New Snow Load Provisions for Standard ASCE 7-22

Transcend Raises $20M Series B to Automate Critical Infrastructure Design

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Reveals Exemplary Projects

DOE Announces Six Finalists in Home Electrification Prize

Digital Twin Consortium Publishes Building Performance User Guide

Light But Tough: MDLR Brands’ Building Panels

Aurigo Masterworks Cloud Achieves FedRAMP In Process Status

Superior and WSP Begin Work on FDOT’s $171M Brooks Bridge Project

LSU Civil Engineering Professor Aims to Create Offshore Energy Infrastructures That Resist Hurricanes, Aging

BESIX and Equans secure contract to Design and Build Tier III data centre in Belgium

Mancini Duffy and Manhattan’s Tin Building

Creative Composites Group Acquires United Fiberglass of America, Expands Product Capabilities

Modernizing Access: New Bridge Design Enhances Safety and Environment

Trust is at an all-time low. Here are 5 ways to address it

Making the Grade: Why Lightweight Aggregates may be the Key to Improved Infrastructure

LAN Plays Key Role in Launching San Antonio, Texas Inaugural ASHE Chapter

SFPE Foundation Solicits Public Comment on Four White Papers Published Through its Grand Challenges Initiative

5 Design Considerations When Building In Harsh Environments

Union Pacific Recognizes WSP with 2023 Sustainability Partner Award

Doris Jenkins joins HNTB as resilient infrastructure solutions engineer

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