A tower that is sinking, and the portrait of a bridge designer.
Eng-Base Weekly | October 27th, 2016
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SOM counts down six of their buildings that have stood the test of time, and won the AIA 25-Year Award. Fascinating structures to be found here.
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Peter King of the Hamilton Spectator looks at the story behind Millennium Tower, a 58-story highrise in downtown San Francisco. Since being built, it has sunk 16 inches and is leaning 2 inches, with no sign of stopping.
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Angus Low of Arup explains why he still uses a drawing board in his bridge design work, how brave engineers push the field forward, and much more.
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Mike McNicholas of Atkins thinks that innovations in engineering should preserve the human side of engineering, and give professionals more time to be creative, not just more time to work.
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Juliet Handy of Atkins tells the story of designing the John Lewis store, a 250,000 sqft structure built on top of an operational train station.
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Economic Bulletin
USA: Construction spending in August 2016 was 0.7% down from the previous month, and 0.3% below the August 2015 estimate. So far this year, construction spending is 4.9% greater than last year. (more details)
Canada: Higher construction intentions in Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia boosted issued permits to $7.3 billion, a 10.4% increase over the previous month. This was the second consecutive month of growth. (more details)
UK: Though year-on-year performance is up is up 0.2% so far in 2016, the last three months have seen a decline in construction output of 1.3% over the previous three months. Month-over-month output in August 2016 decreased by 1.5%. (more details)
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Cover Photo: By Frank Schulenburg (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons