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Architects & Engineers – Working Together
"Architects and engineers are two related professions that frequently get lumped together. How many casual conversations have declared a building, roadway, transportation, or utility system an “architectural” or “engineering” feat, interchangeably?" Rachael Kvapi, Alaska Business Alaska Business - It Takes…
A Glacier Built on Land
"The KeyBank Plaza in downtown Anchorage is no more. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake on November 30, 2018, killed it. Oh, the nine-story building still stands at the corner of Fifth Avenue and F Street, but earthquake damage left it uninhabitable,…
Celebrating 30 years in Alaska
In 1991, Reid Middleton opened our Anchorage office. Over the last 30 years, we’ve had the chance to work on a lot of projects…and we look forward to the opportunity to work on many, many more! For our 30th anniversary…
$30M Anchorage tower rehab pays homage to Alaska’s natural wonders
"Construction has restarted on a $30 million modernization and expansion of downtown Anchorage's former Key Bank Plaza building into what the architect, Perkins&Will, said will be a “sleek, glacier-like” office building." SeattleDJC-Anchorage Tower Rehab
Sehome High School – DJC Project of the Week
Students will soon be “returning” to school, albeit perhaps virtually. Congrats to Dykeman Architects and design team for having Sehome High School featured in the DJC as Project of the Week. Reid Middleton is proud to have provided the structural…
Application of Seismic Monitoring Systems for Post-Earthquake Building Safety Evaluations
At a webinar hosted by Kinemetrics, guest speaker Erik Bishop from Reid Middleton walks us through real-world events and case studies that describe how combining engineering and technology helps critical facilities achieve safe and effective earthquake response! Lessons learned from…
DNR School Seismic Safety Assessment Project
If a big earthquake hits, many Washington schools at ‘high risk’ By Evan Bush, Staff Reporter Seattle Times July 1, 2019 "If there was a severe earthquake, students inside Marysville’s Totem Middle School’s main building could have a frightening experience.…
Education in the wake of an earthquake
On Sept. 19, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked central Mexico. With a major seismic event expected to hit the Pacific Northwest in coming decades, engineers visited Mexico City recently to see what they could learn to apply here. “One of…
Shaken into action
By Matt Jardin Green & Gold News April 2, 2019 Harmony isn’t a word typically associated with 7.1 magnitude earthquakes. And yet, after the ground briefly tried to tear itself apart the morning of Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, Seawolves immediately…