...Peng Chen; Bin Wang In recent decades, transit-oriented development has emerged as a prominent trend in metropolises. Modern infrastructures and residential buildings are strategically constructed above subway lines or parking depots, facilitating convenient access to city transportation...

...Stuart Brumpton, BSc, CEng, MIStructE; David Trujillo, MSc, DIC, CEng, MIStructE; Simon Walker, MEng ‘The Cube' is an iconic new mixed-used building in the Mailbox development in central Birmingham, UK. Its competition-winning design provided a pragmatic approach to maximising the use of the site...

...Mario Franco, Eng In the middle of São Paulo's vibrant new financial centre is a small eighteenth century house built by one of Brazil's pioneering ‘bandeirantes’, one of the last historical buildings left in the country's largest city. A prestigious new 21-storey office building...

... to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games between venues and it is boosting the ongoing regeneration of east London. 09 04 2013 16 07 2013 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2013 buildings structures & design project management transport planning From its inception...

... buildings, in particular for residential buildings of up to seven storeys (Bremer, 2007). The study of composite structures in Brazil has been conducted primarily in universities, sometimes with private companies' partnership. The first element to attract the attention of researchers...

...John Parker, MA, CEng, MICE, MIStructE The Shard in central London is 310 m high, making it the tallest building in western Europe. Designed for client Sellar Property Group, it is a ‘vertical city’, containing shops, offices, restaurants, hotel, apartments and a public viewing gallery. This paper...

... Ltd 2009 buildings structures & design failures Forensic structural engineering is the professional practice of determining the cause or causes of failure of a constructed facility and of laying out the technical bases for identifying the parties responsible for that failure...

...Gene Corley, PhD, PE When the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City was destroyed by a terrorist bomb in 1995, its progressive collapse compounded the blast damage and increased loss of life. Subsequent studies suggested ways that structural design changes might have improved...

...Muthukaruppan Ramanathan, BEng, MEng, MICE, MIStructE, MHKIE Hong Kong's skyline is dominated by some of the world's tallest buildings. Nevertheless, the city still uses bamboo scaffolding for much of its construction work – a traditional skill passed down over 5000 years. Bamboo is sustainable...

...Steve McKechnie, BSc, CEng, MIStructE; Dervilla Mitchell, BE, CEng, MIEI, MICE, FREng; William Frankland, CEng, FICE; Maurice Drake, MA, CEng, MICE, MIStructE This paper describes the design and construction of the two terminal buildings in phase 1 of the £4·3 billion Terminal 5 development...

.... If the height of the building is less than 3H, then the pressure distribution is truncated at the height of the building. Fig. 1. The Japanese design method assumes tsunami wave pressure is equivalent to three times the hydrostatic pressure for an unbroken wave (a), or around 11 times...

... design features—such as a naturally lit sales floor, passive ventilation, combined heat and power plant and groundwater cooling system—help to deliver a building that uses up to 50% less energy than a similar-sized conventional store.This paper describes how civil and structural engineers contributed...

... SURVEYS COMPANIES DEVELOPMENT BUILDINGS CASE STUDIES IMPLEMENTATION MOBILE TECHNOLOGY DATA MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION CONTRACTORS CLIENTS DESIGN DESIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS BRINDLEYPLACE BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND UK Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Civ. Engng, 1999, 132, Nov., 174-180 Paper 11824...

... by the need to provide foundations for a New Parliamentary Building above the station, which required lowering the District and Circle Line tracks by 300 mm. The control of ground movements was also of paramount importance since one of the world's most famous landmarks—Big Ben clock tower—is within 30 m...

... UNDERWATER WATER LEAKAGE JOINT VENTURES PROJECTS CONTRACTS CONSULTANTS COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORKSHOPS GEOLOGY SOILS CLAYS CONTRACTORS SAFETY BUILDINGS CUT AND COVER BORED TBM BORING MACHINES MACHINERY WORKS MANAGEMENT CAIRO RIVER NILE EGYPT AFRICA MIDDLE EAST...

...G W PLANT; D E OAKERVEE Hong Kong's new airport covers an area of 1248 ha, of which three quarters has been reclaimed from the sea. This paper describes the civil engineering design for the HK$ 50 billion project including the reclamation, runways, 550 000 m² passenger terminal building...

...D G MCBETH; F HENNEBIQUE; L G MOUCHEL © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 WSP CONSULTING CONCRETE REINFORCED HISTORY BIOGRAPHY BETON SYSTEMS BETON ARME STRUCTURES BUILDINGS THEORY CONTRACTORS RESTORATION CHURCHES RAILWAYS BRIDGES VIADUCTS STEEL SLABS ROADS CONTRACTS...

...-of-the-art airport and its massive 515 000 m² terminal building in July 1998. It details the HK$ 44 billion package of contracts let by the main client, the Hong Kong Airport Authority, and the methods of construction management used to ensure safe completion both on time and within budget...

...G P TILLY; A G F GIBB; P R BRAND © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 GIFFORD MUSEUM OF LONDON LAING MANAGEMENT BUILDINGS OFFICES CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CITIES SITES ARCHAEOLOGY EXCAVATIONS CITY CENTRES TOP DOWN BASEMENTS VINTNERS PLACE CITY THAMES...

...R YEE; R P STANLEY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1997 YEE ASSOCIATES MOTT MACDONALD BRIDGES DESIGN AESTHETICS USE PROPORTIONS GOLDEN APPEARANCE STRUCTURES ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS GEOMETRY BUILDINGS COMPOSITION Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Civ. Engng, 1997, 120, Nov., 154 164 Paper...