As artificial intelligence (AI) models are increasingly capable of producing more life-like content, there has been an understandable hesitancy regarding “deepfakes” and their potential negative ...

Would you be surprised to learn that early lattice steel structures were not designed according to national standards? In the early days, each engineering firm followed its own unique design ...

American Electric Power (AEP) recently developed base shoe and standoff anchor bolt designs for its 765-kV lattice tower family. Developing a design process proved challenging, as a ready-to-use ...

Whenever Ken Pecho strolls through the campus of his alma mater, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) near downtown, he looks up. When a CTA train navigates the rail, he enjoys the quiet. Sure, the ...

There is a growing interest in using coupled composite plate shear walls/ concrete-filled (CPSW/CF) for high-rise building construction, particularly to optimize the design for wind and/or seismic ...

Fractures in the bottom flanges of twin girders that span Fremont Street triggered the closing of the Salesforce Transit Center in late September, some six weeks after it had opened. SPECIAL REPORT ...

In a variety of structural situations, an engineer may need to assess the strength of a connection made with welds and mechanical fasteners. Today mechanical fasteners typically are bolts, but older ...