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

Civil + Structural Engineer

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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The Role of Diaphragms and Shear Walls in Creating Resilient Structures

BDC Network

The Role of Diaphragms and Shear Walls in Creating Resilient Structures 1 kcichowicz Fri, 07/19/2024 - 11:00 MFPRO+ Blog Guide to incorporating diaphragms and shear walls into your next building project design. Diaphragms and Shear Walls Defined A diaphragm is a flat structural unit acting like a deep, thin beam.

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Purdue University civil engineers are testing materials for transportation, military and other real-world applications

Civil + Structural Engineer

Avoiding damage makes the material reusable and improves human safety and structure durability in products across several industrial sectors. There is an unmet need for a material structure that has a more stable configuration.” Pablo Zavattieri , the Jerry M. and Lynda T.

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Foundations and Insulation Calculation

Revit OpEd

I got involved in a thread at RevitForum.org that asked about calculating the total bitumen insulation required to cover concrete foundation surfaces. The Isolated Foundations (footings) have one form (most of them) so there aren''t compound layers like foundation slabs, floors or walls. Foundation Slabs and floors do.

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Streamlining Construction Workflows: Hodari Africa  Excels with Autodesk Build

Autodesk Construction Cloud

At the same time, the architects and structural engineers worked from South Africa. By adopting Autodesk Build, Hodari created an environment that eliminated fragmented communication and was the foundation for improving team collaboration. The golden ticket of Autodesk Construction Cloud is that everything is in one place.

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Reverse Callback Templating - Perl.com

Construction Dive

The Perl community has produced many fine systems for doing just this. While there are many systems, they largely fall within two execution models, pipeline and callback (as noted by Perrin Harkins in Choosing a Templating System ). Suppose that you have a simple data structure you are dying to output as pretty HTML.

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Success in cold storage warehouse construction

The Korte Company

Obviously, the lifeblood of any cold storage warehouse is its HVAC system. These systems feature powerful ammonia cooling units that help maintain ideal temperatures. It’s crucial that these systems work efficiently. Another key cold storage warehouse construction technique is the installation of floor heating systems.