Structures Workshop is looking good in 2012 having completed 71 successful projects to date. Thank you to all our great clients! Here is a snap shot of our company from the beginning to now...
Manifesto for Growth Part 4
07/2012 Published “Manifesto for Growth Part 4” in Jule 2012 STRUCTURE Magazine. See this blog to comment on specific numbers. 1207 Manifesto for Growth Part 4
Near-completion of the Duxbury Crematorium Building
See pic below of the near-completion of the Duxbury crematorium we designed:
MIT Class Visits Fabricator
My MIT steel class visits Auciello Iron Works ...
Manifesto for Growth Part 3
06/2012 Published “Manifesto for Growth Part 3” in June 2012 STRUCTURE Magazine. See this blog to comment on specific numbers. 1206 Manifesto for Growth Part 3 pt
Manifesto for Growth Part 2
05/2012 Published “Manifesto for Growth Part 2” in May 2012 STRUCTURE Magazine. See this blog to comment on specific numbers. Structure Mag-May 2012 Note: Part 8 should be "Kick Ass" (or "Kick Butt"), but the editors of STRUCTURE changed it to "Be Aggressive" unfortunately.
Erik Nelson to present at Structures Congress in Chicago
Erik will be presenting "What makes an Engineer, an Engineer?" at the Structures Congress in Chicago, IL on Friday March 30, 2012. PPT to come.
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 provides Estimated Quanties on Drawings
SW will be adding estimate quantities to our drawings using the parametric table tool within Revit. This will make it much easier for contractors and estimaters to provide bids quickly. Here is an example drawing...
Complex Foundation Modeled in BIM/Revit
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...
Erik Presents Weld Design on Jan 8th, 2012
Erik will present Weld Design to SEARI on Jan 8. He will introduce the basics of designing welds and will discuss many weld detail examples. There will be ample time for informal discussion on properly designing welds, proper use of weld symbols,and avoiding common pitfalls.
For more info see www.seari.org
Long Island Guest House Almost Complete
Lift House, Remove First Floor, Pour New Foundation
Just received picture of a house we are helping on where we lifted the house a couple feet and poured a new foundation. The concrete sub poured a beauty!
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
Artists for Humanity
Duxbury Steel Erected
60,000 Tons of Steel
Structures Workshop has completed over 100 steel connection engineering projects over the past 2 years amounting to over 60,000 tons of steel
Artists For Humanity Canopy is being Erected Today
Today they erected a portion of our 20 ft cantilevered canopy for AFH in Boston.
