Flashing Plastic Ash Completes Recycling
Rice lab’s turns pyrolyzed ash into graphene for improving concrete, other compounds HOUSTON – Pyrolyzed plastic ash is worthless, but perhaps not for long. Rice University scientists have turned their attention to Joule heating of the material, a byproduct of plastic recycling processes. A strong jolt of energy flashes it into graphene. The technique by the lab of Rice chemist James Tour produces turbostratic graphene flakes that can be directly added to other substances like films of...
View’s smart building network platform, AI-powered products to transform passenger wellness and travel experience in DFW’s New “Gate of the Future”
View, the market leader in smart glass, announced that its smart windows will be installed in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s new expansion of Terminal D, a project that adds 4 gates to the terminal and showcases DFW’s “Gate of the Future,” a fundamental rethink of gate design in which the health and experience of passengers take priority. The expansion will be the first in an airport to deploy View’s latest smart building digital network, AI and machine learning powered environmental...
Steel Industry Celebrates the Accomplishments and Legacy of the CCFSS While Transitioning to the Future
CCFSS Programs Will Continue as Responsibilities are Transferred to Sponsoring Organizations WASHINGTON, D.C. - The founding, association and corporate sponsors of the Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures (CCFSS) announced today that the CCFSS is closing its doors after 30 years. The CCFSS programs will continue under the management of various sponsoring organizations. A new report titled “Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures (1990-2020)” outlines the scope an...
New Seismic Design Criteria for Nuclear Facilities Now Available in Updated ASCE Standard 43
Reston, Va. – Nuclear facilities need to have a much lower probability than conventional facilities of sustaining structural damage caused by earthquake, due to potential risk with nuclear hazards. The goal of the latest updated standard, Seismic Design Criteria for Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Facilities (ASCE/SEI 43-19) is to ensure that nuclear facilities can withstand the effects of earthquake ground-shaking while retaining target performance goals. Key topics in this st...
The Department of State Breaks Ground on New U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India
Highlighting the deepening ties of friendship that undergird the U.S.-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India Kenneth I. Juster, the Government of India’s Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, broke ground today for a new chancery building for the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. The new design will provide a secure and resilient platform for U.S. diplomacy in New Delhi. WEISS...
AISI Updates Six Cold-Formed Steel Design Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has updated six cold-formed steel design standards. AISI is an accredited consensus organization by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for developing American National Standards (ANS). The task of creating and updating cold-formed steel design standards is accomplished through two voluntary consensus committees—the AISI Committee on Specifications and the AISI Committee on Framing Standards. The standards are available...
Framework to Design Tall Buildings for Wind Offered in Newest ASCE Manual of Practice 143
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s new book, Design and Performance of Tall Buildings for Wind, MOP 143, provides a framework for the design of tall buildings for wind, based on the current state-of-practice in tall building structural design and wind tunnel testing. Design practices have varied across the industry without specific guidance for especially tall and slender buildings. This new manual presents detailed guidance on industry standard practices and design approaches that complement current literatu...
Is that building done yet? Researchers test sensors that could speed up construction schedules
Purdue University engineers developed sensors that can instantly measure concrete strength, speeding up a construction timeline. (Purdue University photo/Rebecca McElhoe) Future building complex at Purdue University is a test bed for new technology measuring concrete strength WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — How long it takes to construct a building depends in large part on when the concrete of each floor is strong enough to take on loads. Purdue University engineers have developed sensors that co...
American Chemical Society headquarters attains esteemed LEED Platinum® recertification
WASHINGTON — The two American Chemical Society (ACS) headquarters buildings in Washington, D.C., have earned LEED Platinum® recertification from the U.S. Green Building Council, affirming the Society’s commitment to advance sustainability and the environment. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design™ (LEED®) is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and leadership. ACS reached the premier level within the LEED® green building program by implementing practical and meas...
LMN Architects Celebrates the Completion of the Plant Sciences Building at Washington State University
The project is a state-of-the-art building for collaborative research and is intended to support regional and global agriculture. The 82,437-square-foot building supports Washington’s $51 billion food and agriculture industry by providing a modern research venue for faculty and students in the Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU's Molecular Plant Science Program, and portions of the Departments of Horticulture, Plant Pathology, and Crop and Soil Sciences. Seattle - LMN Architects is ple...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
