Rooted in civil engineering, a structural engineer designs tunnels, buildings and bridges, using technology, engineering principles, and 3-D structural analysis. This position focuses on the ...

Tall buildings represent a pinnacle of modern engineering and architectural ingenuity, embodying the vertical expansion of urban environments and the quest for sustainable densification. The design of ...

Diagrid structural systems, characterised by their diagonal grid of intersecting members, represent a significant advancement in the design and construction of tall buildings. These systems offer ...

Looking back at the past 10 years in mass timber design—since our firm’s first mass timber building, the John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst—it is evident that as ...

Jerry Hajjar is the CDM Smith Professor, University Distinguished Professor, and Department Chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University. His research and ...

Buildings are constantly exposed to temperature changes. Daily heating and cooling, seasonal variation, and long-term climate patterns all cause materials to expand and contract. While these ...

As the material continues to grow in popularity across the architecture world, we take a look at mass timber buildings for our 2025 review.

While the use of austenitic and the high strength duplex stainless steels for structural industrial applications has long been common, there has been a substantial increase in its use for building, ...