As a firm, we’re working on project number 10,000. We started at 500. I always get a chuckle when someone jabs us with, “You’re an engineer, what do you know about construction?” As building ...

The Fire Service in the Midwest has noted an increase in roof overloading scenarios due to the significant amount of snowfall in the past months. With this, there has also been an increase in ...

Photo by Mike Ross Chris Dundorf|!!| second from right|!!| president of 2KR Systems|!!| shows off the SnowSentry|!!| an instrument which measures the water weight in snow loads|!!| along with UNH ...

Several significant updates have been added to the new edition of Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, Standards ASCE/SEI 7-16. The recently released ...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 650, Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage, provides design rules for petroleum storage tanks. These rules are intended to provide reasonable margins ...

General Roofing Co. employee Nevada Hansen shovels a path out on an office building's roof on Business Park Boulevard in Anchorage on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. A different crew was clearing snow off the ...

Snowflake size affects how much snow stays on roofs, helping explain why some storms create heavier and more dangerous snow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 24—Building officials in Anchorage have issued new guidance to residential and commercial building owners advising them to ...

Building officials in Anchorage have issued new guidance to residential and commercial building owners advising them to clear heavy snow loads from roofs, adding another measure of urgency for ...