October 17, 2017

Look Ma, No Rebar!

Seattle will soon be home to a high-rise missing one common building element: rebar. The Rainier Square Tower will use a new type of shear wall to help resist the seismic forces common to the West Coast. Engineers are still working on a prototype to get all the construction right. We here at Dr. Tom's will be keeping an eye on the project and the new design to see how it all comes together.

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