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DfMA Approach to Mass Timber Design: Engineering a Greener Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

By: Ricardo Brites , Director of Engineering & VDC at Mercer Mass Timber Imagine your projects being more precise, efficient, and sustainable? Its the engineers toolkit for smarter, more sustainable structures. By minimizing the number of components and optimizing materials, engineers can reduce waste by up to 51%.

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Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering Celebrates Grand Opening of City of San Diego Fire Station 52 at Torrey Pines

Civil + Structural Engineer

Project Demonstrates Latitude 33’s Expertise in Civil Engineering Unique Needs of Fire Stations Videos of Ribbon Cutting speakers available here. Khosla stated, “This project exemplifies what can be achieved through strong collaboration and community partnership, particularly between the city of San Diego and UC San Diego.

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Interview: Balfour project director credits ‘relentless collaboration’ in Hinkley Point C success

New Civil Engineer

Successful delivery of the complex array of tunnels and marine works for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is down to “relentless collaboration”, Balfour Beatty project director Roger Frost tells NCE.

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Modular Monitor: The benefits of value engineering

Construction Dive

Optimizing a modular project requires early collaboration and a focus on design, experts say.

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Collaborate Like Never Before:

Civil + Structural Engineer

3 Uses for Newforma Konekt’s 2D/3D Viewer to Save Time and Reduce Re-Work Nikita Lambert, Product Owner From hypermodeling to action item and issue localization, engineering teams can prevent re-work and collaborate easily with the right project information platform.

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C.W. Driver Companies Completes $59.8M Visual Arts Campus for CSU Fullerton

Civil + Structural Engineer

We collaborated with CSUF and HGA Architects to reallocate the budget into renovating the two existing buildings requiring minor seismic upgrades, building the new single-level double volume gallery space, and building a new two-story classroom structure,” said Jamie Macartney, project executive at C.W.

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SGH Names William Bruin Structural Engineering Region Head, West

Civil + Structural Engineer

I am always impressed by his dedication to supporting talent around him and helping our engineers grow into their craft. Bill brings extensive experience in risk consulting, structural engineering, and project management applied over a variety of industrial, offshore, and waterfront projects, primarily in the oil and gas industry.