SW News

Structures Workshop invests in New Software

We bought 4 licences of Tedds to help us supplement our in-house calculation packages.  In addition, we bought 3 licenses of Bluebeam which help us easily mark-up PDF drawings and coordinate drawings in real time online with multiple users (it is Adobe Pro on steriods).   We are also considering buying SDS/2 Connect after our 30 day trial to help us coordinate 3d steel connection design within Revit.     These new programs, along with out current licenses of Etabs and Revit allow us to be at the state of the art in the engineering community.

Structures Workshop wins 1st Prize for AFH Canopy

We won 1st prize in the 3Form contest for the AYH Canopy today!  The new entry canopy was designed to give Artists for Humanity a more profound presence in their building and their neighborhood, and to provide shelter and visibility at their entry. The canopy was designed and built by high school students in the AFH program in conjunction with designLAB, Arrowstreet, Structures Workshop, and graduate architecture students from the Massachusetts College of Art + Design. We were #1 out of a total of 18 entries, click below for link to website...

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Erik presents "El Linked Hybrid y mi Manifiesto para el Crecimiento" in Mexico

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"Manifiesto para el Crecimiento" means “My Manifesto for Growth”.  What this Manifesto means is really about how we as an engineering community (students, educators, and engineers) can grow as individuals and lead the profession into the future.  How can we improve ourselves and therefore our profession.   In so doing, we will improve our built world, and we will do this sustainably and honestly.  

Here are some highlights of the 19 Ways to Grow...

6: Embrace Imperfection. If there is not a perfect solution, it follows that all solutions are not perfect. That means that there is always a better solution than the one you just submitted for construction.

7:  Forget about Goals. We don’t know the end product, the final construction is unknown. So it is pretty reasonable to suggest that the goal of achieving this or that building is useless. How could something unknown obligate us?

8:  Kick Ass.  Cooperate, listen, be humble, but don’t let that prevent you from kicking ass.

The Steel Yard project wins ASLA Honor Award!

From the 2011 Professional Awards Jury:

“Sophisticated and visually rich. It truly broadens the definition on what can be beautiful. The landscape architects stayed true to its purpose. It feels so appropriate. Every sectional move is related to the ground conditions. It’s the next generation of Gasworks Park, it not only explains how they deal with post-industrial artifacts, but how they deal with sustainability. ”  http://www.asla.org/2011awards/183.html

Architect: Klopfer Martin Design Group

Civil Engineering: Morris Beacon design

Structural Engineering: Structures Workshop, Inc.

Civil Engineering + Permitting: EA Engineering, Science & Technology

General Contractor: Catalano Construction

Landscape Contractor : MON

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