On the evening of Tuesday, February 11, a tornado struck Pensacola, Florida, severely impacting a neighborhood and causing extensive damage to local infrastructure. Several buildings sustained signif...
Late at night on Thursday, February 6, a warehouse in Phoenix, Oregon, collapsed as its roof gave way under the weight of heavy snow. Fortunately, no injuries or fatalities were reported. Multiple ag...
On Thursday, February 6, the Patrick K. Ottensmeyer International Rail Bridge was officially inaugurated. The project was completed with the support of Canadian Pacific Kansas City Mexico (CPKC) in c...
Keller received the 2024 Groundwater Treatment Project of the Year award from The Dewatering Institute after successfully treating over 65 million gallons of water for a master-planned community. Riv...
Almost a year has passed since the catastrophic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which led to 6 fatalities. Last Tuesday, Maryland officials announced that they are planning the repl...
With the new STAAD Foundation Advanced 2024 (v24.00.01) release users can now design isolated and combined foundations according to IS 456:2000. Previously, isolated and combined footings could only...
Keller, CRH, Fluor, National Grid, and Burns & McDonnell join forces with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, advancing sustainability practices across the US supply chains. Supply Chain Sus...
Author: Wouter van den Bos, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Section Transport Technology and Logistics at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands / founder of SDC Verifier. Ensuring a...
Keller developed a liquid nitrogen ground freezing solution that allowed for safe access to inspect and repair the tunnel boring machine (TBM) cutter head that experienced mechanical failure during m...
During the construction of the 2,900-ft-long tunnel/depressed roadway section of the Atlantic City-Brigantine Connector, a shallow penetrating dewatering system ensured a dry excavation while minimiz...
The energy that comes from the wind and the sun as a renewable source has become a growing necessity. As a result, new ideas about rechargeable batteries have gained ground to capture these intermitt...
Join Bentley Systems for this Coffee Corner session to learn the essentials of working with OpenStaad and Python. Register to Bentley Coffee Corner Key learning points: How to install Python on you...
Given: For the rectangular section of Figure 1 calculate the longitudinal reinforcement for shear and torsion. The section considered has depth 1500mm, width 1000mm, d = 1450mm. The vertical membe...
The problem: Determine the second moments of area, Ixx and Iyy, for the sections indicated in Figures 2a to 2e. Tip: It is given that the total height and the area of the 457 x 152 x 52 UB...
The problem: Determine the cross-sectional area and the position of the centroid for the sections shown in Figures 1a to 1e. Please consider that the origin of the coordinate system is located...
Calculate the shear force and bending moment values due to the imposed loading on the overhanging beam of Figure 1. Figure 1: The overhanging beam considered. The free-body-diagram is shown in F...
In the field of structural engineering and design, the examination of dynamic loads is significant and cannot be underestimated. Time history analysis stands out as a crucial approach to studying...
Given: A simply supported beam of length L=5m is given in Figure 1a. The beam is subjected to uniform distributed load equal to 3.2kN/m. If the beam has a rectangular cross-section, as shown in...
Please determine the forces in the members BC, GC and GF of the pin-jointed plane truss shown in Figure 1 using the method of sections. Given: Figure 1: The pin-jointed plane truss considered. So...
Structural Engineering Solved Problems contains 100 practice problems representing a broad range of topics on the Structural Engineering (SE) and Civil PE exams. Each problem provides an opportunity t...
The Structural Depth Reference Manual prepares you for the structural depth section of the Civil PE exam. It provides a concise, yet comprehensive review of the structural depth section exam topics an...
Structural Depth Practice Exams contains two 40-problem, multiple-choice exams consistent with the NCEES Civil PE structural depth exam's format and specifications. Like the actual exam, the problems...
