After calling for a “complete structural evaluation” of San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority now says the problems with girders are localized.
According to a survey by Architectural Record and ENR, roughly two-thirds of the 600 architects surveyed reported having experienced sexual harassment on a jobsite, at work, or in another location.
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, after closing its recently dedicated Salesforce Transit Center, is investigating the cause of cracked built-up plate girders supporting the roof garden.
The tally of how many defective cross-laminated timber panels need replacement on a $79-million college of forestry building under construction at Oregon State University is almost complete.
At least eight vehicles were trapped beneath the rubble of an uncompleted pedestrian bridge that collapsed near the campus of Florida International University.
A team in earthquake-prone Seattle is daring to deliver an 850-ft-tall “proof of concept” for a composite structural-steel frame, instead of a steel frame around a reinforced concrete core.
As reports trickled in of damaged infrastructure, rescue efforts remained focused on saving lives during the continuing disaster of Hurricane Harvey before assessing the damage of the storm and subsequent flooding.
