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Outrigger Systems

What Outrigger Systems Are and Why They Are Important to Buildings

April 18, 2026

As buildings become taller, keeping them stable becomes an increasing challenge. Usually, engineers use strong cores made of steel or […]

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Shear walls

How Shear Walls Work to Keep Buildings Standing

April 4, 2026

While looking over drawings of building plans, I noticed how some walls were marginally thicker than other walls in the […]

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Concrete Vs Steel Structure Comparison

Reinforced Concrete vs Steel – How Engineers decide?

March 17, 2026

I have always wondered what criterion drives architects to choose reinforced concrete vs steel for a building’s structure. Some buildings […]

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Why Skyscrapers Sway in the Wind

March 1, 2026

Growing up in the bay area, I was always one drive away from large buildings in that dominated the San […]

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Structural Failures – How Engineers Learn from them

February 15, 2026

With the vast amount of infrastructure around the world, several collapses have happened and likely will continue to happen. Rather […]

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La Niña and The Strangely Warm Winter Week

La Niña and The Strangely Warm Winter Week

January 18, 2026

I recently recorded some data from my personal weather station that was very odd for this time of year. During […]

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Construction Sequence

Why Construction Sequence matters?

January 3, 2026

After structural designs are ready, a building must be built up to its standards. At first, I assumed all that […]

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