Structures
Ringo Starr Birthplace Saved from Demolition
The birthplace of Ringo Starr in Liverpool, England was set to be demolished as part of a Liverpool City Council revitalization project on Nine Madryn Street. The City Council rethought its decision, however, when "a tide of community support" saved the home after...
Is this what efficiency looks like?
Broad Group, the Chinese construction company that describes itself as a "sustainable building" company, is well known for its record breaking construction times in mid-rise to high-rise structures. I saw the first video of theirs (top video below) over a year ago,...
Rotting Decks Threaten Lives, Leave Homeowners Unhappy
The story of last month's deck collapse in Atlanta inspired me to do a bit more digging into deck collapse occurrences. Deck collapse as a result of failure of the deck-to-house ledger connection Ten years ago the Environmental Protection Agency began a process to...
The Structural Integrity of Historical Structures
The recent earthquake in Italy has a reported death toll of 25, making it the most deadly quake to strike the region since the 2009 earthquake that leveled the city of L’Aquila and killed over 300. Both quakes highlight a serious problem faced by experts, scientists...
Green Above Grime
Recently, Structural News brought you the story of the Bethlehem Steel Administration Building and its slated demolition. The building sits over a large swath of land which at one time housed a steel manufacturing plant that in the mid-1960s employed 20,000 American...
The Luck of the Irish?
The Anglo Irish Bank Building, located on the North Wall of Dublin’s Docklands, has undergone an extraordinary number of setbacks in its going-on-five-years of construction. The headquarters building project began as an expensive, hi-tech testament to the bank’s...
Revolutionary Structural Analysis Tool Passes DTRA Tests with Flying Colors
Blast Column Simulation Marking an important milestone in the world of engineering and demolitions software, Applied Science International’s (ASI) mathematical and technological breakthrough has been approved after a grueling “Phase I” of the US Defense Threat...
To Demolish or Preserve
(Left) The Bethlehem Steel Admin Building in 1908. (Right) The Bethlehem Steel Admin Building as of 2007. One of the most unique characteristics of the demolition industry is the sheer amount of community feedback, and often resistance, that any given demolition...
Largest Tunnel Boring Machine in the United States Making Underground Progress in Florida
Fully assembled, she stands 42.3 feet tall and 428.5 feet long. “Harriet,” the name given to the German-made tunnel boring machine by the Miami-Dade County Girl Scouts Troop, is currently digging her way from Watson Island to Dodge Island in Florida, a 4,200 foot...
Spanning the Champlain
Six months after its official opening, the Lake Champlain Bridge, traversing the point between Crown Point, New York and Chimney Point, Vermont, stands as a testament to the efficiency and speed with which modern bridges are built. Spanning nearly 7 ½ football fields,...
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