Simpson Strong-Tie announced that its Senior National Account Manager — Builders, Tina Haro, has been named to the Top Women in Hardware & Building Supply class of 2023 for Rising Stars.

The 26,000 square-foot Statue of Liberty Museum located on Liberty Island was designed to complement the experience of visitors to this important UNESCO heritage site by illustrating the sculpture’s historical significance and method of construction.

Zweig Group’s client, RTM Engineering Consultants, has recently merged with J&M Engineering. RTM is a national multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm and J&M Engineering is a structural engineering firm based in Springfield, Mo.

As natural disasters continue to impact communities all around the world, it’s crucial that buildings are able to withstand unpredictable environments. Inspections will only become more relevant and constant over the next several years as communities respond to the dire consequences of lax building safety protocols.

Simpson Strong-Tie has announced that US Southwest Engineering Supervisor Rachel Holland has been selected to co-host twelve 12 episodes of The Structural Engineering Channel podcast.

Situated on the site of Gadsden’s Wharf, the landing point for nearly half of all enslaved Africans brought to the United States, the International African American Museum will encompass 41,800 sq ft of program and exhibit space to preserve and protect the cultures, genealogy and accumulated knowledge of Africans in the Americas.

The developers are aiming for LEED Platinum Certification, as well as compliance with Toronto Green Standard (TGS) requirements. In effect since 2010, the TGS sets tiered energy, emissions, and sustainability benchmarks for new buildings to support Toronto’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. 

The American Iron and Steel Institute has published a new research report, “RP 22-02: Structural Design for Fire Conditions of a Prototype Metal Building Using the New Proposed Appendix to AISI S100.”

As part of the facility tour, attendees will see the unveiling of the Voortman MSI used to fabricate Yield-Link connections.