Acquire the ability to perform design tasks for building structures. Study advanced connections, complex structures, and system-level building design. Learn advanced techniques to evaluate structures ...

Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

San Jose, CA-based Barry Swenson Builder announced May 17 that it has secured a United States patent for Landmaker, the firm’s award-winning structural design. U.S. Patent 9,297,158 B2 dated March 29, ...

Homeowners often look below their main living levels when it comes to maximizing the usable square footage of a reside ...

Exciting and unique buildings increasingly dot the landscape of our urban environments and beautifully fill the pages of our design magazines. Conversely, over the past half century the construction ...

As children, many of us played with LEGOs, and some of us may still play with the famous colorful bricks from time to time. Now, there is a real-world LEGO-like building block that can be used in ...

Engineers have designed an innovative tubular structural system that can be packed flat for easier transport and pop up into strong building materials. This breakthrough is made possible by a ...

That’s about 10 months quicker than it normally takes to build such a structure. The accelerated pace was made possible in part due to ongoing research by Michel Bruneau, a SUNY Distinguished ...

Gain comprehensive knowledge of timber structures from experts. Learn advanced design of timber structures. The advent of mass timber and tall wood buildings has brought timber design back into the ...