Score another small victory for more-constructible high-rises, especially in seismic zones. Results of recent load tests on a "sandwich" shear-wall assembly, designed to simplify and speed ...

A team in earthquake-prone Seattle is daring to deliver an 850-ft-tall “proof of concept” for a composite structural-steel frame, instead of a steel frame around a reinforced concrete core. For the ...

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 ...

The Erection Co. is meeting its production predictions of about two floors per week for the 58-story Rainier Square Tower (ENR 12/25/17-1/1/18 p. 18). As of March 18, the 850-ft-tall skyscraper’s ...

The highlights at Teufelberger’s booth (S16, Hall 7.2) for this year’s JEC are two large metal-composite hybrid space frame structures of 3 metres in length. The T-IGEL® connector forms the basis for ...