Engineering 
Straight Shaft Drilled Concrete Pier Foundation(4)
Straight Shaft Drilled Concrete Piers are constructed by drilling a hole into the ground and filling it with concrete and reinforcing. The diameter of the pier varies depending on the load the pier must support.
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Seismic Testing of a Mid-Rise Wood Framed Structure
After the destruction caused by the 1995 Kobe earthquake the Japanese government took it upon themselves to construct the world’s largest seismic testing table, often referred to as a “shake table”. This testing facility, called Earth-Defense, was built to its enormous size out of necessity. Space to build new structures is a rare commodity in [...]
Helical Pier Foundations
Helical piers are typically used when repairing failed shallow foundations. The helical piers are a deep foundation system that can be placed alongside existing foundations with very little interference. However, helical piers are also used for new construction as an alternative to typical straight shaft drilled piers. EVstudio recently designed a new foundation using helical [...]
$$ Value Engineering
One thing that is often overlooked by civil engineers (or many engineers/architects for that matter) is the design component of value engineering. What is “value engineering”? Well, simply put, it is taking cost of construction into consideration during the design phase of a project. Sounds simple, but many designers overlook this component. Value engineering can [...]
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