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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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