Elevated office vacancy in major markets has pushed developers in Los Angeles, Houston, New York, and London to look hard at converting underperforming office buildings into residential units. Cities...
Most projects arrive at our office with the structural material already decided, and about a third of the time the decision was made for the wrong reason. A developer...
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...
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...
Picture a quiet two story home on a Saturday afternoon. The roof carries snow from the prior night, the upper floor holds a king bed, two adults, a dresser,...
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...