Ascent Tower in Milwaukee, WI was completed in 2022 and is currently the tallest mass timber structure in the world. It is 25 stories (284ft) tall and comprised of cross … 023: Ascent Tower with Alejandro Fernandez, LEED Green Associate Read More »
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging at a fast pace and beginning to integrate into many facets of our day to day lives. Architecture and engineering are no exception. Kat Stevens … 022: AI in Architecture and Engineering with Kat Stevens Read More »
Exterior public art sculptures are creative, unique and typically organic in nature, making their structural design both complex and intriguing. While quite different from building design, sculpture structural design has … 021: Unum with Bryan Starr, PE, SE Read More »
Luke Nichols is a sophomore Civil Engineering student at South Dakota State University. In the fall of 2021, Luke and I were paired as part of a mentorship program at … 020: Mentorship Program with Luke Nichols Read More »
What does it mean to be a good neighbor? Dense neighborhoods sometime require special precautions for new structures. In many urban areas, with land being a scarce commodity, there can … 019: Residential Temporary Shoring with Natalie Regan, PE, SE Read More »
Reciprocal framing creates a grid-like patterned structure, relying on a system for load transfer instead of single element-to-element load transfer. While visually pleasing, the analysis of this type of system … 018: Waste Wood Canopy with Olga Popovic Larsen and Jens Larsen Read More »
What if buildings could act like trees? The building sector generates nearly 40 percent of all global carbon emissions. An Urban Sequoia designed building could reduce upfront embodied carbon by … 017: Urban Sequoia with Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE Read More »
You are the energy you bring to the room. To keep good clients, they have to want to actually work with you. Technical competency is a minimum benchmark; a great … 016: Cultivating Your Energy Read More »
It is anticipated by 2070, our world’s largest cities could top 50 million people. Today’s largest city is around 8.5 million people. How will engineers accommodate a population so large, … 015: Future World Vision with Kelly Price, EI Read More »
In this episode, I talk with Nich Allan, Director, QC and Product Development at Bamcore about the River Run Townhomes project, located in Utah. Nich is a Professional Engineer and … 014: River Run Bamcore Project with Nich Allan, PE Read More »
