The tall shear wall system was developed through a series of studies and advancements by Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA). “The system is an evolution of many years of our work with composite ...

It is important to choose the right kind of composite core material that works as intended and offers the properties specified for users’ applications. However, there are many practical material ...

Celeste is an under-construction, 12-meter power catamaran designed by Roger Hill and built by boatbuilder Grant Symmans at G&T Marine (Auckland, New Zealand). The privately owned, custom-built, ...

Coupled steel-plate test specimens, shown before concrete filling is added, have various spacing and quantities of cross ties and shear studs. A radically different shear-wall core system for simpler ...

Melker of Sweden’s (Solna) approach to innovation and sustainability has been realized through the Värmdö sea kayak. Its shift toward lightweight, high-performance and plant-based construction has ...

Over the past 50 years, high-rise construction had gone through several approaches. In the 1960s, tall buildings were braced around their perimeters, but developers and tenants objected to obstructed ...

Purdue engineers are taking building possibilities to new heights with the university’s role in the research and development of an innovative high-rise construction process. Rainier Square, a 58-story ...

A three-person peer-review panel has given a green light to the cutting-edge structure for Seattle’s Rainier Square Tower, an 850-ft-tall “proof of concept” for a new core system, which will have a ...

A 19-story building under construction in San Jose, Calif., will be the second in the country to be built with a concrete-filled composite plate shear wall system, which was first used successfully ...

Conductors are developed with the most severe wind and ice conditions in mind, withstanding a 2-in. full-density ice load all while improving the economics of the transmission grid. Lamifil’s ACCC ...