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Chia-Ming Uang wins 2015 AISC T.R. Higgins Award

BD+C

professor of structural engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is the 2015 recipient of the prestigious T.R. Chia-Ming Uang, Ph.D., Higgins Lectureship Award, presented annually by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).

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Fenestration and glazing: Seismic performance specification considerations

Construction Specifier

This includes updated criteria for the most widely used standard: the American Society of Civil Engineers/Structural Engineering Institute’s ASCE/SEI 7-22, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures. Testing was completed at University of California San Diego (UCSD) in May 2023.

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Advance Steel in Autodesk AEC Collection

BIM & Beam

Structural engineers, detailers and fabricators struggle with siloed teams, disconnected workflows, and varying software platforms that do not integrate seamlessly. Imperial Beach branch of the San Diego County Library, USA, learn more on BIM & Beam.

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Design is in the process: Early consultant collaboration drives better teams, designs, and buildings

Construction Specifier

This includes grasping the fundamentals of mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and structural engineering and understanding how MEP and structural consultants think, work, and contribute creatively to the project team. Winslow is a contemporary collection of apartments and retail space in San Diego.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Losing Your Shirt.

Rory Woolsey

Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Imagine a trip from Seattle to San Diego using a road map to Dallas, Texas. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. Good planning matters!! construction consultants.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

JAG Engineering Services Inc. JDM/Structural Engineering, PSC. JMPE Electrical Engineering. USGBC San Diego Chapter. J T Turner Construction. J W Crouse, Inc. Jackson Architecture & Consultancy Firm. James River Green Building Council. JB Architecture Group. JE Dunn Construction. JEST Properties LLC.

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Autodesk Construction Champions 2023: 25 People Powering the Future of Construction 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Chris Rippingham Field and Manufacturing Technology Leader, DPR Construction, San Diego, CA Chris has worked on highly technical healthcare, life sciences, and data center projects. "At CPPI, we implemented an innovation strategy that utilized both technology and streamlined processes to improve all of our projects."