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Aug
What Is Special Inspection and When Is It Required?
A contractor calls two weeks before a concrete pour and asks a question that stops the schedule cold: “The city says we need a special inspector. Isn’t that what...
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03JulRead MoreHow Engineers Design for Progressive Collapse Prevention
On May 16, 1968, a small gas explosion in a kitchen on the 18th floor of Ronan Point, a 22-story precast concrete apartment block in London, blew out a...
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25JunRead MoreWhat Is a Diaphragm in Structural Engineering? A Clear Guide to How Buildings Resist Lateral Loads
Picture a building during a strong earthquake or a windstorm. The walls and columns get most of the attention, but the floors and the roof are doing quiet, critical...
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30MayRead MoreThe Most Common Structural Failures in Residential Construction and How to Prevent Them
Every year, thousands of single-family homes develop structural problems that could have been prevented during design or construction. Some defects appear as hairline cracks in drywall. Others manifest as...
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15MayRead MoreWhy Second-Story Additions Almost Always Require Structural Engineering
Introduction Adding a second story to a single-story home is one of the most popular ways to gain living space without expanding the building footprint. It is also one...
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07AprRead MoreStructural Engineering and UK Building Regulations Part A: A Developer’s Guide
Real estate developers entering the UK market for the first time, or those scaling into larger commercial and mixed-use projects, frequently encounter Building Regulations Part A as an early...
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01AprRead MoreThis Week in Structural Engineering: Mass Timber Milestones, Recycled Plastic Trusses, and the Future of Bridge Repair
April 2026 brings a concentration of structural engineering developments that collectively illustrate how rapidly the profession is evolving. From a conference floor in Portland to a research lab at...
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30MarRead MoreFrom Recycled Plastic Trusses to the World’s Tallest Church
The structural engineering profession is advancing at a pace that would have been difficult to imagine even five years ago. This week’s developments span additive manufacturing, landmark project milestones,...
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01OctRead More4 Surprising Truths About Building a House We Learned From a 20-page Soil Report
Introduction: The Ground Beneath Your Feet Isn’t as Solid as You Think Most of us take the ground for granted. It is the stable, unmoving constant upon which we...
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01SepRead MoreJMVC Steel Beam Selector: Precision Steel Beam Design Software Backed by Engineering Excellence and Building Code Compliance
In structural engineering design, accuracy, efficiency, and code compliance are not negotiable. They are the foundation of safe, economical structural design. While traditional hand calculations remain valuable for understanding...
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