strForm = 1; March 2004 VOLUME 74 NUMBER 3
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Finished with a Flourish
By Tom Remillard, P.E., Trailer Martin, S.E., Barbara Cangas, P.E., and Steve Cloke, S.E.
The designers of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, in Los Angeles, were challenged by changing seismic criteria and the need to reconstruct an underground parking garage to support the late addition of a four-level theater.
ON THE COVER
The curving, angular exterior walls of the Walt Disney Concert Hall are meant to evoke images of sails in the wind. Photograph by Richard Cummins/CORBIS.
Tying It All Together
By Lori Gale, P.E., and Ruchu Hsu, P.E. Simple, innovative details enhance the longevity and maintainability of the Rancocas Creek Bridge, a steel tied arch designed for both light-rail and freight train loads. ITS Then and Now By Joseph M. Sussman One of the authors of a 1992 strategic plan for developing intelligent transportation systems in the United States analyzes the extent to which progress has been made in the interim. Flooded with Amenities By C. Scott Vogel, P.E., and Jeffrey R. Minch, P.E. | |
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