A SMALL, IRREGULARLY SHAPED, and sloping site in Portland, Oregon, that was considered practically worthless now hosts a five-story mixed-use building constructed through an innovative use of mass timber elements. Originally known as B76, according to the city’s designation of lots, the new building has been named Sideyard and is expected to eventually house offices along with retail and restaurant spaces. Although structurally complete,...
An interdisciplinary team of researchers based in Colorado has developed a type of brick that, through a process of biomineralization, is able to replicate and grow multiple generations of itself.
THE FULL IMPACT of the COVID-19 global pandemic on the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry will not be known for many years. Yet it is already clear that many construction projects are experiencing partial delays or full stoppages as the pandemic spreads across the globe. In North America, associations and companies have organized surveys and created tools to help the AEC industry better...
SEEMINGLY in the blink of an eye the unimaginable occurred in the United States in March: Hospitals became overwhelmed, medical supplies went scarce, grocery shelves went bare, and airports turned into ghost towns. In addition, the market crashed, and public panic set in. Like a whipsaw, a domino effect of closures began grinding the U.S. and global economies to a halt, impacting every facet...
Christopher S. Decker, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior vice president and project manager for RDM International Inc., has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Decker has more than 27 years of experience working as a pavement engineer on airfield and roadway projects for miscellaneous state department of transportation agencies, commercial airports and military bases. Over the course of his career, a firm...
Amy Epps Martin, P.E., F.ASCE, a professor and researcher at Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Martin has more than 22 years of experience teaching civil engineering materials courses and conducting research on safe, sustainable asphalt technologies. Her research achievements and products are based on balancing fundamental theory and practical science...
Kent A. Harries, Ph.D., P.Eng., F.ASCE, a professor of structural engineering and mechanics at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Harries’ research interests include the use of nonconventional materials in civil infrastructure – ranging from FRP to titanium to bamboo – prestressed concrete bridge structures and coupled high-rise structures. He is the author of over 290...
Anton K. Schindler, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, the director of the Highway Research Center and Mountain Spirit Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Auburn University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Schindler’s research contributions have improved the industry's understanding of early- and later-age performance of concrete in mass concrete, bridge deck, prestressed girder and culvert applications. He has contributed...
Louay Mohammad, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Louisiana State University and renowned pavement engineer, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Mohammad holds the Irma Louise Rush Stewart Distinguished Professorship and is the Transportation Faculty Group Coordinator at LSU. He also serves as director of the Engineering Materials Characterization and Research Facility at the Louisiana...
