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Post-tensioned Steel Structure

Welded steel Moment-Resisting Frames (MRFs) were long considered as one the most earthquake-resistant types of structures. Numerous factors have contributed to the growth of this market since the 1960s, especially in the Western United States were they were extensively used prior to the 1994 Northridge California earthquake. Four earthquakes in California and Japan (San Francisco, Kanto, Santa Barbara and Long Beach) during the first part of this century gave engineers confidence in this type of steel construction which enforced the engineering communities preference for this earthquake-resistant structural system. During these events, there were typically fewer problems observed in steel structures as compared with concrete and masonry buildings of similar size and scale.

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New Feature: New Technology Survey
We have recently added a new section "Survey" to the website.  The goal of the technology survey is to collect information from site visitors and subscribers regarding new construction technologies.  These surveys are administered by the Construction Engineering and Management Department at Purdue University, and their results are used for non-profit research that is currently being conducted at the university.  Please click here to be connected to the survey homepage, or choose 'Survey' under the section 'Site Features' in the left coulmn. (02/01/03)

New Feature: Site Statistics
We added a new feature 'Statistics' that enables you to access the report including the statistics information on Emerging Construction Technologies Web site. At this moment, the annual report of 2001 and the monthly report of January and February 2002 are available. Contents of the reports cover the number of pages requested, the number of hosts that visitors used, and the number of subscribers, etc. Monthly reports are to be updated on the second day of every month. (03/05/02)

New Technology Area: Safety Technologies
We added a new technology area on Emerging Construction Technologies web site.  We called it 'Safety Technologies'. This new area is intended to accommodate emerging Safety technologies that are specifically designed for construction industry and other industry that can be used by construction people. (11/27/01)

Added Tool: View and Print the Fact Sheet 
We added a new tool 'Print This Page' that enables you to view the current fact sheet and print it without including the banner and other navigational menus. This tool is available automatically when you access the fact sheet and other information beyond this page. (6/24/00)

Honored as A Standard of Excellence Web Site
Emerging Construction Technologies at www.new-technologies.org has been
awarded a Standard of Excellence award in the 1999 WebAward Web Site Competition and a Outstanding Web site award in the 2000 WebAward Web Site Competition. (12/01/00)