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MIT Researchers Develop Computational Model to Monitor Stability of Buildings

News - 19 Oct 2016

When a truck rumbles by a building, vibrations can travel up to the structure’s roof and down again, generating transient tremors through the intervening floors and beams. Now researchers...

ACH Supplies Foam-Control EPS Geofoam for City Creek Center Project

News - 12 Oct 2016

Meandering through a swath of downtown Salt Lake City is City Creek Center, a mixed use development featuring a massive amount of pedestrian friendly retail, along with multi-family residential and...

UTA and TxDOT to Implement Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Pipes under Roads Subject to Vehicle Traffic

News - 12 Sep 2016

Ali Abolmaali, Department of Civil Engineering chair and Dr. Tseng Huang Endowed Professor, is leading the team working on the grants, which came after five years of extensive research on the pipes,...

Large-Scale Metamaterials Could Come to Rescue of Regions Threatened by Earthquakes

News - 25 Aug 2016

Numerical analysis considers both surface and guided waves, accounts for soil dissipation, and provides design guidelines for implementing earthquake protection using an array of ground-based...

Research Investigates Use of CPS to Prevent Failures of Temporary Structures on Construction Sites

News - 29 Jul 2016

The use of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) will allow for monitoring and assessing the safety of temporary structures used on construction sites, according to research being completed in Penn...

Researchers Test New Earthquake-Resilient Pipeline Designed to Protect Southern California’s Water Utility Network

News - 27 Jul 2016

A top engineer from the city of Los Angeles visited Cornell University this month as researchers tested a new earthquake-resilient pipeline designed to better protect southern California’s water...

Evolutiondeck’s SPX Structural Panels Achieve IBC and IRC Code Compliance

News - 6 Jun 2016

Evolutiondeck Inc. is pleased to announce that their SPX structural panels have been certified by Progressive Engineering Inc. to be compliant to the IBC and IRC building codes for use on residential...

Carbon Dioxide Could be Effective in Heating and Cooling Buildings in Urban Areas

News - 3 May 2016

Carbon dioxide is commonly used as an industrial liquid refrigerant but could also be effective in heating and cooling buildings in urban areas. A prototype developed by EPFL researchers shows the...

CEMATRIX Receives New Contracts for Oil and Gas and Infrastructure Projects

News - 29 Mar 2016

CEMATRIX Corporation (the "Corporation" or the "Company" or "CEMATRIX") is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, CEMATRIX (Canada) Inc. has secured $2.6...

Structural Engineer Allan Ortega-Gutiérrez Explains Challenges in Building Landscape Evolution Observatory

News - 26 Mar 2016

Perhaps it’s the hundreds of overhead windows that emulsify the incoming desert light. Or perhaps it’s the color of the steel housing — praying mantis green — that gives the...

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