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AISC Case Study in Structural Steel #1
LA Live Hotel & Residences, Los Angeles, CA Star Seismic Buckling Restrained Braces as an Outrigger System

November 2012 - Modern Steel Construction
No Buckling Under Pressure, By Kim Robinson, S.E., Ryan Kersting, S.E. and Bandt Saxey, S.E.

August 2012 - Structure Magazine
Brace Yourself! Novel uses for the Buckling Restrained Brace, by Kim Robinson, S.E.

April 2012 Newsletter
Contents: Star Star Seismic hires industry veteran Robert Pyle, P.E., Star Seismic Experience with OSHPD and DSA


December 2011 - UCSF Medical Center incorporates best practices in seismic safety



April 2011 – Modern Steel Construction - Getting the Most out of Buckling Restrained Braces (pdf). Information to help you get what you design and design what you get.

March / April 2011 – Airport Improvement - $48.5 M Parking Structure at John Wayne Airport is Braced for the Future.

December 2011 Newsletter - Contents: Star Seismic Indusry-Wide Survey



August 2010 Newsletter - Contents: Star Seismic Supports PKM Steel & Steel Days


July 2010 Newsletter - Contents: Star Seismic brochure download, Star Seismic European conferences, Star Seismic Academy


May 2010 Newsletter - Contents: Visit Star Seismic at NASCC Booth 1100, South Hill Data Center, ETABS Building Analysis and Design Software


March 2010 Newsletter - Contents: RAM Structural Software, Elmendorf Air Force Base, LA Live Hotel & Residences


February 2010 Newsletter - Contents: European Distribution, UCSF Medical Center, California Lottery, Star Seismic Redundant Core System


February 2010 - Modern Steel Construction - Trimming the Fat (pdf) LA Live Hotel & Residences uses 33’ long 2200 KIP buckling restrained brace as outrigger


November 2009 - Modern Steel Construction - SteelWise (pdf) Specifying Buckling Restrained Bracing Systems


December 2008 - Modern Steel Construction - Cover Story (pdf) Soccer in the Rockies


October 2008 - Modern Steel Construction - multi-story residential (pdf) A San Diego condominium project sets a structural precedent in a high-profile part of town.


July 2008 - Structure - On Designing with Buckling-Restrained Braces Walterio Lopez, S.E. answers the questions: What are BRBFs? How are they treated by codes? And how are they specified?


January 2008 - Engineering News Record - Cover Story San Francisco's 590-ft Skyscraper Lifts Seismic Design's Stature.


September 2007 - Intermountain Contractor - Trends in Steel (pdf)



September 2005 - Nippon Steel News, No 333 - Buckling Restrained Brace Frame (BRBF) (pdf) Structures: Analysis, Design and Approvals Issues, Coffman Engineers, Inc.

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