ENR Construction
JUNE 16, 2025
Rising 180 ft above the river gorge, the four-span steel plate girder bridge will replace the existing structure, which was built in 1961 and is located just 700 ft to the southeast. We had to have a liquid cooling system for the concrete and monitor the temperature to make sure it was curing properly.” —Jon Photo courtesy NPS/Jacob W.
ENR Construction
JULY 21, 2025
Working within an $11-million budget, the team did not envision a traditional concrete or steel structure. The tent structures are cold-formed steel framing wrapped in tensioned fabric. At first, Rowson says the design aimed to take advantage of the translucence of the white tensioned fabric.
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ENR Construction
JUNE 16, 2025
There is a bottom spherical dish, a stainless steel lined top and an inverse spherical dish with a slider in the middle,” Long explains. The PT cables—steel housed inside red plastic sheaths—were daylighted at the perimeter, where there was a temporary leave out zone. “It Well, this concrete building is exactly that. as predicted.
Civil + Structural Engineer
DECEMBER 1, 2023
After consideration from the project team, it was decided to utilize a fabric formed concrete mattress. Construction was completed over the winter season, from November to April, which created challenges with protecting the concrete during the curing process in extreme cold temperatures.
Civil + Structural Engineer
MARCH 11, 2024
By Luke Carothers Timber has long since been a popular building material, but over the last several hundred years, its use has largely been limited to smaller structures with concrete and steel serving as the foundation for many large modern structures. David Seace, Architecture Studio Director at D2 Groups llc.,
Natural Building
JANUARY 6, 2011
Hyperadobe is similar to conventional earthbag construction, except that is uses mesh tubing instead of the solid polypropylene fabric. Cob needs to be thoroughly mixed with straw to help make it cohere as a solid, monolithic material, which is then placed on the wall in small increments (cobs) so as not to deform while it cures.
UK Construction Blog
JANUARY 20, 2025
The post Precast Concrete Detailing: Key Considerations for Fabricators and Contractors appeared first on UK Construction Blog. You’ve got architects, engineers, contractors, and fabricators all trying to communicate effectively. Precast concrete detailing is like the unsung hero in construction.
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