The tall shear wall system was developed through a series of studies and advancements by Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA). “The system is an evolution of many years of our work with composite ...

When Plaza Construction first introduced the concept of "core first" in managing the construction of a major office building, the procedure of pouring concrete prior to erecting a steel frame had ...

Since late 2017, the 200 structural engineers at Magnusson Klemencic Associates—headquartered in Seattle’s 40-story Rainier Tower—had front row seats for a construction reality show on skyscraper ...

Coupled steel-plate test specimens, shown before concrete filling is added, have various spacing and quantities of cross ties and shear studs. A radically different shear-wall core system for simpler ...

A 19-story building under construction in San Jose, Calif., will be the second in the country to be built with a concrete-filled composite plate shear wall system, which was first used successfully ...

ALSO DUI. MUTUAL OF OMA IS CELEBRATING SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS. TODAY, THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM SAYS THEY ARE ON TRACK TO WRAP THE PROJECT IN THE FALL OF ...