A link to the Urbanshed Competition gallery We did not win, but had a lot of fun working on the entry. ...
Today is St. Andrew's Day, the National Day of Scotland.Scotland has contributed great engineers and inventors, in particular during the "Scottish Enlightenment" of the late 18th Century. ...
I wanted to give a big thanks to all who organized the AIA ARE bootcamp seminars, in particular Suzanne Mecs of the Center for Architecture and Serena Chen. Serena and I presented 3 structures seminars (11/8/09, 11/15/09 & 11/23/09) which were well attended. I hope the attendees find the information useful and have a 100% pass rate!I hope we are invited back to...
Some additional links to assist in study for ARE StructuresSeismic Design ..................... UBC 94 component of this link is obsoleteRetaining WallsConcrete review materialNote : at the 23rd November seminar, we noted for exam purposes only, if excluding admixtures, we can approximate a relationship between slump and concrete strength .2" slump approximates at 5000psi concrete mix or higher4" equals a 4000psi mix6" slump equals...
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Link to article about the green roof newly constructed on a USPS facility in midtown. ...
Link to Architectural Record article on Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communication.I was the project structural engineer during the design and construction of the building ( I was associated with Severud Associates at that time) ...
For those who attended the AIA seminar Serena Chen and I presented on 11/08/09 & 11/15/09, Here are some additional links that may provide additional insight.Concrete info SLUMP TEST Ratio Truss info ...
I, along with Serena Chen , AIA LEED, will be presenting the ARE Structural Exam review seminar at the Center for Architecture, La Guardia on Sunday November 8th. The seminar is fully booked up, but if you need an extra pass, give me a call. The 2nd part of the seminar is Sunday November 15th.A follow up 1 day seminar is being held...
