Throughout the design of the project, the design-construct team was also concerned with the caisson sinking operation. Each caisson had to be sufficiently heavy to reach tip elevation, yet not be ...

Since 1987, MCEER, formerly the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) and the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research ( NCEER), has produced over 600 ...

Since 1987, MCEER, formerly the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) and the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research ( NCEER), has produced over 600 ...

In mid-2013, Empire Southwest and general contractor Porter Brothers Construction of Gilbert, Ariz., broke ground on the 90,000-sq-ft facility as an addition to Empire Southwest's Mesa campus. The ...

Additional perimeter protection has been installed at a University of Pittsburgh construction project in Oakland, Pa., after a May 3 incident involving a steel foundation caisson that rolled down ...