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SEAW Tohoku (Japan) earthquake reconnaissance: Part 2
Dave Swanson is currently leading a team of structural engineers from the Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW) through Sendai, Japan as part of an earthquake reconnaissance team. The team will study the effects of the Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami on buildings,…
2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami Symposium at the University of Washington (UW)
Reid Middleton Structural Engineer, David Swanson, and Design Engineer, Erik Bishop, organized and participated in the SEAW-sponsored 2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami Symposium at the University of Washington's Kane Hall on June 15th. The 4-hour Symposium was…
Costa Rican Post-Disaster Safety Evaluations of Buildings Training
Reid Middleton Design Engineer, Erik Bishop, travelled to Costa Rica to provide training on Post-Disaster Safety Evaluations of Buildings (ATC-20/45) for the Costa Rica Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The ASCE-sponsored training program is intended to…
SEAW Tohoku (Japan) earthquake reconnaissance: Part 1
Tsunami Debris Dave Swanson is currently leading a team of structural engineers from the Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW) through Sendai, Japan as part of an earthquake reconnaissance team. The team will study the effects of the Tohoku Earthquake and…
Award Winning – 2010 Holiday Card
2011 Reign Marketing & Communications Project Award – Online Media Society of Marketing Professional Services, Seattle Section View our electronic 2010 Holiday Card https://vimeo.com/188731669
Engineering in Burundi: The trouble with water
Engineering as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary: “The application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people.” I recently got the opportunity to use my…
Earthquake reconnaissance trip: Chile
As part of our ongoing series on earthquake reconnaissance and education, the Reid Middleton team wanted to share some notes from our reconnaissance trip to Chile following the February, 2010 earthquake. The report is below. The Earthquake Reconnaissance Team On…
Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami Reconnaissance Trip
Reid Middleton Chairman of the Board and Principal, David Swanson, is leading a team of engineers and researchers to Japan from May 27th to June 6th to research the Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami. The 10-member SEAW reconnaissance…
East Lake Sammamish Parkway/SE 43rd Way Roundabout, City of Issaquah, Washington: Three-leg, multi-lane, open 2010
As the main access route from I-90 into the city of Sammamish and the intersection of two trails--the East Lake Sammamish Tail and Laughing Jacob’s Creek Trail--the intersection of East Lake Sammamish Parkway (ELSP) and Southeast 43rd Way was a congested intersection for commuters,…