Day 3: Industrial Facilities and the Port
Rafael and I wanted to observe the performance of the industrial facilities and ports. With the exception of the sugar plant near Ercis, all of the industrial facilities, including the port, were near the city of Van. We were pleasantly surprised to see very little damage, if any, at these facilities despite the purported ground shaking.
Photo #1: Ferry Pier at the City ...
Posted by Ricardo Hernandez on November 3, 2011 6:12 PM
Last week, Las Vegas was abuzz with the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) conference.
Posted by Hanan Harb on October 28, 2011 8:00 PM
The past two days have been focused on pushing the design for the retreat facility into a position to present to the church tonight. The entire project does not have to be completed by tonight. However, all of the major design and church feedback must be completed prior to leaving. In ...
Posted by Aaron Quaresma on September 30, 2011 8:11 PM
The Sutter Alta Bates Patient Care Pavilion proudly took top honors at the 2011 Tekla Awards in the BIM category competition. DPR Construction submit the award on behalf of the IPD team, in which Degenkolb plays a vital role. The annual Tekla Awards were open to all Tekla users that have used BIM to model a project during a specified time frame. Projects were submit and judged in three categories:
• Category 1 – BIM
• Category 2 ...
Posted by Shafaq Chawla on August 18, 2011 8:39 PM
Gordy Wray travelled to Haiti with Build Change. This is a continuation of a log of his spent time there. See his previous blog for Day 1.
Days 2, 3 & 4 – Wednesday June 15th – Friday June 17th
Build Change employs a number of local Engineers to work on the design of both new buildings and retrofit projects. The retrofit projects are potentially more complex than new design, therefore a group of 8 of the top performing ...
Posted by Gordon Wray on June 29, 2011 9:26 PM
Day 1 – Tuesday June 14, 2011
I worked with Mark Sinclair and Elizabeth Hausler from Build Change during the months of March and April to help develop a retrofit procedure for Haitian buildings. The procedure is based on an ASCE-31 style checklist to identify major structural deficiencies. As one checklist item, field engineers calculate the wall area percentage in each primary direction (capacity), and compare that value to the required wall area percentage (demand). The required ...
Posted by Gordon Wray on June 21, 2011 6:04 PM
