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Balustrade Design Loads
- Paper by Richard Green, SE, PE, P.Eng, CPEng, IntPE, APEC Engineer, M.ASCE M.IEAust · Andrew Crosby PEng · Terrence McDonnell
A review of balustrade practices from around the world, and why practices in United States and countries using ICC code/ASCE 7 designs are failing to

September 02, 2024
EVA Interlayers in Hardened Facades
- Paper by Nicholas Oberts, PE, Associate Principal Mark K. Weaver, PE, SE, Principal Phillip Benshoof, PE, Physical Security Engineer
Explosions can result in very high loads of extremely short durations. Protective design to mitigate the effects of blast loading requires façade…
August 23, 2024
Hardened Facades Effects on Structural Systems
- Paper by Aldo E. McKay, PE · Cliff A. Jones, SE, PE, PSP · Phillip Benshoof, PE
To ensure the safety of U.S diplomatic personnel overseas, the U.S Department of State (DoS) has developed facade retrofits capable of resisting high

March 14, 2018