“Stress Cracks”
Every profession has its own language – what lawyers call “terms of art,” in one of their terms of art
Confirmation Bias
Confirmation bias is a problem in everyday life and in most professions, so it’s no surprise that it can be
Failure Portrait 2
Sometimes there are so many things going wrong that it’s hard to in down which is the most disturbing. Here,
Failure Portrait 1
We spend a lot of time with the issue of masonry veneer separation. During investigation, we look for signs that
West Park Presbyterian Church
We are proud to be part of the team starting on the long-term restoration of the West Park Presbyterian Church.
A Bug Fixed
Our apologies to anyone who has been receiving blog updates consisting of four-year-old news. Our new website is in the
“Design”
The Center For An Urban Future has released an interesting report on the importance of design services to the New York City
Anonymity
Part of being structural engineers who work on buildings is the knowledge that our work is almost never directly visible.
New Technology
We’ve recently started using iPads as field tools for data capture. In other words, the field notebooks and clipboards that
Historic Structural Detail 2
Even when dealing with large and unsubtle structure, small details often provide important information. The picture below shows the underside
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