December 1996

Bridge Crossings No. 02
By Camille Rubeiz, PE and Dan Snyder
Design Aids for Efficient Short Span Steel Bridges (updated July 2000)

CHOOSING A PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY PROGRAM
By Tom Owens
Which insurer and type of policy you choose, and which broker you purchase it from, will have major repercussions when you come face-to-face with a professional liability claim. (35KB PDF)

HYBRID PARKING STRUCTURE CUTS COSTS
Utilizing steel columns and concrete double tees sped construction while reducing costs (152KB PDF)

Off The Beam
By Scott Melnick
Telecommuting

OPTIMIZED DESIGN ELIMINATES ANCHOR BOLTS
By R. Wojitysiak, PE, SE and J. Van de Pas, PE
Early cooperation between the owner, designer and contractors helped optimize this steel design (139KB PDF)

UNCONVENTIONAL STEEL CONNECTION: SOME NEW APPROACHES
By Boris Levintov, Ph.D., P.E.