Items Tagged with 'seismic design'

ClarkDietrich, the nation’s largest manufacturer of cold-formed steel framing products, has received a third-party evaluation report for its series of rigid connectors.

The Operations Center is the first project to meet Multnomah County’s ambitious fossil fuel-free buildings resolution and anticipates LEED Gold certification as well as Living Future Net-Zero Energy certification.

The renovation of the Creekside Center provides a new, more welcoming centralized home for disabled student services on campus and consolidates DSP staff, allowing for improved and expanded services for more than 4,000 students.

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) welcomes Nick Wetzel back to the firm as a Project Director, enhancing our design capabilities for aerospace infrastructure and specialty structures and bolstering our seismic engineering expertise.

Two façade professionals provided expert insight at the FGIA 2025 Fall Conference exploring what happens when the design assumptions of a façade do not fully match its behavior in the field.

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s (PCI) 2025 PCI Committee Days September 16–19 in Rosemont, Ill, brought together precast concrete professionals for a week of collaboration, innovation, and networking.

The Concrete Masonry Checkoff announced the addition of structural engineer Irene Li to its visionary Block Design Collective, a virtual destination where complimentary CMU design services are available for architects, engineers and contractors.

The manufacturer has received third-party certification (IAPMO ER-729) confirming its drift and deflection connectors meet major building code requirements, enabling their use on California state-funded projects and reinforcing their role in enhancing structural safety, seismic resilience, and sustainability.

The standard performance requirements for curtain wall systems should not be compromised in favor of high thermal performance. This article outlines the testing and evaluation process.

UC San Diego researchers hosted the largest-ever test of cold-formed steel construction under earthquake conditions.