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Mike Louw, Sally Farrah, Max Maxwell and Sam Tomkins
For this special issue, sustainability and safety are discussed through the tropes of both material and work process substitution. As an architecture and industrial design team, we examine the potential of William McDonough?s and Michael Braungart?s ?cra...
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Javad Shahidinejad, Mohsen Kalantari and Abbas Rajabifard
Cadastral databases have been used for over 20 years, but most contain 2D data. The increasing presence of high-rise buildings with modern architecture complicates the process of determining property rights, restrictions, and responsibilities. It is, the...
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Marwa Alsuwaidi, Noura Almahri, Latifa Alazeezi, Taif Alkhzaimi, Lindita Bande, Anwar Ahmad, Omar Al Khatib, Fayez Fikry and Young Ki Kim
Building construction in the UAE is a growing industry. While Abu Dhabi and Dubai have a majority of mid-rise and high-rise buildings, AL Ain has mostly low-rise and mid-rise buildings. Additionally, the construction industry in Al Ain has seen an increa...
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Evangelos Sapountzakis, Georgios Florakis and Konstantinos Kapasakalis
This paper investigates the implementation of supplemental vibration control systems (VCS) in base isolated (BI) structures, to improve their dynamic performance. More specifically, the aim of the VCS is to reduce the base displacement demand of BI struc...
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Sami W. Tabsh and Moussa Leblouba
Over the years, structural engineering codes and specifications in Canada and elsewhere have moved from an allowable stress design (ASD) approach to a load and resistance factor design (LRFD) philosophy. LRFD methodology takes better account of the inher...
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