Position description:The Institute of Bridge Engineering (IBE) is recruiting a PhD student to conduct research on performance-based design and assessment of tunnel structures under fire. The work will ...

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A study of the preformance of the bridges that received funding under the federal Innovative Bridge Research and Construction program in meeting the goals of that program. An ad hoc committee will ...

The Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook; co-authored by Austin M. Bryan, Elizabeth Smith, and Kevin J. Mitchell (all senior staff members at Kenexis Consulting Corporation); ...

Building codes exist for a very simple reason; to ensure the building in question remains upright, structurally sound, and keeps its occupants protected from the elements. They exist to provide ...