When famed architect Frank Gehry agreed to design The Grand, a $1-billion, mixed-use complex in downtown Los Angeles, the construction team expected something unconventional. After all, Gehry had ...

In 2021, California passed Senate Bill 9 (SB9), a statewide law that allows single-family lots to be split into two lots, with each resulting lot rebuilt or converted into two housing units. Given ...

Fig. 1. Building block approach for composite structures. Photo Credit: Dan Adams Within the context of composites testing, a building block approach is a step-by-step series of mechanical tests of ...

In my two previous columns, I discussed the lower and intermediate levels of the building block approach for crashworthiness testing and analysis of composite structures. I focused on the commercial ...