The increasing frequency and intensity of severe weather generates flood events in many municipalities across North America. The West London Dyke in London, Ontario was transformational because it improved the City's flood protection from a 1-in-100 years flood level to 1-in-250 years. This dyke reconstruction project implemented a new engineered segmental retaining wall system. DuraHold® from Unilock was the ideal product with its ability to withstand rapid flowing hydraulic conditions of extreme flood events and with the design flexibility to incorporate a pedestrian pathway into the layout atop the new Durahold® wall. The robust system protects the people and neighboring communities while adding recreational value along the Thames River for years to come. Download our 'Segmental Retaining Walls Technical Guide' to explore more Unilock wall options and case studies! | | Biophilic Elements Alive and Well in Higher Education Design St. Louis, MO – American architect, writer and educator Frank Lloyd Wright famously said, "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature, it will never fail you." Incorporating natural elements and designing around natural landscapes became the inspiration behind many of Wright's iconic home designs of the early to mid-1900s. Today, biophilic design – the practice of reconnecting people and nature within the built environment – is alive and well in higher education spaces, and for... | | | | "Cutting Carbon" Webinar Series to Feature Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Reducing the Embodied Carbon of Building Projects October 9, 2023 WALTHAM, MA – Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) will host a four-part webinar series in October describing the impacts of embodied carbon on building projects and exploring how the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry... | | | | BENDHEIM CHANNEL GLASS ACHIEVES EPD AND HPD NEW YORK, N.Y.—Bendheim's channel glass, manufactured by Glasfabrik Lamberts of Germany, now carries both an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and a Health Product Declaration (HPD), supporting architects and designers' demands for sustainability. | | | | 3 Steps To Controlling Thermal Transfer Effectively In Facades Farrat's Commercial Manager for STRUKTRA® Chris Lister discusses the role of structural thermal breaks in facades. "It is already understood in the industry that facades serve multiple functions in the building envelope, making the integration of thermal breaks crucial for several reasons including- enhanced energy performance maintaining the integrity of the thermal envelope, controlling condensation and fulfilling fire performance criteria. All whilst offering... | | | | HDR-Designed BRT Project Opens in Vancouver, Washington The Clark County Public Transit Benefit Area Authority has officially opened The Vine on Mill Plain, a bus rapid transit line in the Vancouver, Washington, area that was designed by an HDR-led team. In a Sept. 30 grand opening event sponsored in part by HDR, the community celebrated the opening of its second BRT line. Service began Oct. 1. | | | | HDR-Designed BRT Project Opens in Vancouver, Washington EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, Infotech®, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing transportation departments in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, today announced an... | | | | Our love for water just got more extreme: Calibre and S2O unite Highlands Ranch, Colo. — Calibre Engineering, Inc. (Calibre) and S2O Design & Engineering (S2O) have united to expand service capabilities and resources. Together as a part of the Calibre family, Calibre and S2O will provide comprehensive water resources design and engineering for whitewater parks, in- river engineering, swiftwater rescue training facilities, and stream restoration throughout Colorado, across the United States, and globally. | | | | Brown and Caldwell's Houston Flippin honored with W. Wesley Eckenfelder Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award October 10, 2023 WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Brown and Caldwell proudly announce the Water Environment Federation (WEF) has awarded vice president and industrial water expert Houston Flippin the prestigious W. Wesley Eckenfelder Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award. | | | | Leica Geosystems brings Leica BLK2GO PULSE to market for intuitive mobile laser scanning Heerbrugg, Switzerland — Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, the global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced the upcoming release of the Leica BLK2GO PULSE. | | | | LocLab makes digital twins more accessible with the launch of LocLab Cloud, powered by HxDR Darmstadt, Germany – LocLab, part of Hexagon, today announced the launch of LocLab Cloud, powered by HxDR. The cloud-based platform offers a secure end-to-end solution for 3D digital twins, allowing management and monitoring of models. It acts as an open platform, enabling partners to upload, update, access and share their own digital 3D content. Generic interfaces facilitate integration with existing systems, such as... | | | | InEight's Newest Innovations Empower Collaboration for Improved Project Success SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – InEight, a global leader in construction capital project management software, has announced new innovations that will help collaboratively resolve design issues early on to avoid re-work, and embed quality control in all construction activities to enable progressive review and turnover of complex, multi-discipline projects. | | | | Unlocking AECO Knowledge with GPT: Natural Language Queries for Document Management By Dr. Jeff Chen, Director of Digital Transformation and George Broadbent, VP of Asset Management, Symetri A Mountain of Documents Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) stands as one of the most document-intensive industries in the world. From early design sketches to finalized contracts, and comprehensive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) manuals, stakeholders are inundated with reams of paperwork and digital documents. | | | | A Visit to the Cairo Monorail September 29, 2023 By Luke Carothers – Cairo and its surrounding metropolitan area has seen a significant amount of change over the last two decades. Where once there was little to break the seemingly endless sands that encompassed the city of Cairo, a series of new developments have been built to support the region's shifting needs and population. Places like the New Administrative Capital–which has been under construction since 2015–are being rapidly built and expanded. To serve the needs of this shifting population, there are several large-scale transportation and infrastructure projects underway throughout Cairo and its surrounding areas with perhaps none bigger than the Cairo Monorail. After reporting on the Cairo Monorail's progress over the last several years, Civil+Structural Engineer Media recently had the opportunity to visit the project and experience firsthand the progress being made on this transformational transportation project. | | | | Inspections of the Surduc Dam advanced with airborne LiDAR surveying September 8, 2023 FAYETTEVILLE, AR – Zweig Group, the leading research, publishing, and management consulting firm for the AEC industry, partnered with the University of Arkansas College of Engineering in August to host a drone competition during the Annual Rogers Public Education Foundation (RPEF) Golf Tournament at the Lost Springs Golf Club in Rogers, Arkansas. | | | | Virtual Surveyor Unveils Photogrammetry App in Major New Release of Smart Drone Survey Software AARSCHOT, Belgium – Virtual Surveyor has added drone photogrammetry capabilities to the latest release of its popular Virtual Surveyor smart drone surveying software. The new Terrain Creator app photogrammetrically processes drone photos to generate survey-grade terrains which then transfer... | | | | Bowman Supplying Engineering and Survey for a new Entertainment Center within San Diego's Midway-Pacific Highway Community September 23, 2023 Reston, VA – Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (the "Company" or "Bowman") (NASDAQ: BWMN) was contracted by Midway Rising to deliver engineering, survey and mapping services for a new entertainment center and master plan for San Diego's... | | | | Civil + Structural Engineer is a Zweig Group publication. | | No longer want to receive these emails? Zweig Group P.O. Box 1528 Fayetteville, AR 72702 | | | | |
Comments
Post a Comment