Gupta Reveals Plans for Massive Australian Steel Revival
Billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta has announced plans to build the largest steel plant in the developed world in South Australia. Liberty Primary Steel – part of Gupta’s GFG Alliance – today announced major steps towards the transformation of the alliance’s Whyalla steelworks, signing contracts worth more than A$600m. GFG Alliance has also contracted China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) to run a feasibility study into building a new steel plant in Whyalla capable of produ...
Simpson Strong-Tie Puts New SCS Seismic Bypass Framing Connector to the Test
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has introduced the SCS seismic bypass framing connector, the first hybrid seismic clip engineered for either slide-clip or fixed-clip applications in high-seismic areas, and the first product of its kind to undergo full-scale cyclic research testing to determine load capacities in real-world conditions. To determine the in-plane performance of the SCS clips, Simpson Strong-Tie condu...
New Study Shows Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions for North American Steel vs. Chinese Steel for Building Construction
PITTSBURGH, PA - Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from production of Chinese steel are substantially greater than emissions from production of comparable steel in North America, according to a series of reports released today by the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). Two peer-reviewed reports ( North America...
Pickard Chilton-designed 2+U Tops Out in Downtown Seattle
Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announced the recent topping out of 2+U, a premier office tower in the heart of Seattle’s central business district. The New Haven-based architecture studio designed the 686,000 SF building, whose unique exterior features an open-air, pedestrian-friendly urban village under the building, made possible by 20 steel and concrete “Y columns” that lift th...
Video: 301L vs 304 Stainless Steel
Joe Evans with SPX Cooling Technologies discusses the advantages of using 301L stainless steel.
Stantec Tower Officially Reaches Momentous Heights as the Tallest Tower Outside of Toronto
ICE District Properties Joint Venture is pleased to announce one of its most monumental milestones to date as it officially topped-off Stantec Tower today, just over two years since its official ground breaking. Today’s event gives the 69-storey (66 usable) Stantec Tower the official title of the tallest tower outside of Toronto as the much-anticipated high-rise now stands at 251 metres tall. The commercial level of Stantec Tower was topped off one year ago and will house 29 floors of comm...
Growing Awareness About Fire Safety and Stringent Regulations Drive the Global Passive Fire Protection Materials Market Growth, Reports Melvin Bright
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 16, 2018 - The global market for Passive Fire Protection (PFP) Materials is estimated to reach $30.2 billion by 2025. Growth in the market will be driven by the growing number of fire accidents, stringent fire safety regulations, and technological advances and product innovations. The growing number of fire accidents worldwide in recent years has led to the implementation of increasingly stringent regulations related to fire safety across the globe. In this background,...
ACEC New York Presents Two Platinum Awards to DeSimone Consulting Engineers
ACEC New York recently presented DeSimone Consulting Engineers, a leading engineering firm with offices worldwide, with two Platinum Awards for the structural design of 111 Murray and 512 West 22nd Street in Manhattan. As part of the 2019 Engineering Excellence Awards program, the projects will be recognized at the annual awards gala at New York City’s Hilton Midtown on Saturday April 13th, 2019. 111 Murray, a new, high-rise condominium development, towers nearly 800 feet above TriBeCa, Manha...
New Research Shows Design-Build Continues to Deliver Projects Most Efficiently
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- New research shows that America's design-build projects continue to deliver faster, and with greater reliability in cost and schedule performance, than other delivery methods. It's been 20 years since the seminal CII/Penn State research showed that design-build projects consistently delivered projects more efficiently. Over the decades, even as projects have evolved in complexity through many diverse economic cycles, design-build continues to provide imp...
2018 International Green Construction Code Released
The International Code Council, ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Illuminating Engineering Society have released the 2018 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The IgCC is part of the Code Council’s family of comprehensive, coordinated and modern model codes -- including the International Building Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code and International Fire Code -- used around the world. The IgCC provides a whole systems approach to the...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
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