The Leaning Towers of Vegas: Engineering the Veer Towers

Images courtesy Yolles, A CH2M HILL Company By Neb Erakovic, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., and Terry Dawson, B.Eng., P.Eng.The Veer Towers are a pair of residential high-rises centred in the prestigious CityCenter development located between Bellagio and Monte Carlo on the Las Vegas Strip. With each leaning at opposing five-degree angles from the vertical, the twin towers […]

1B ‘cracks’ are ‘movement joints’: DAP – Daily Express Malaysia

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Designing brick veneer for loadbearing exterior walls – Page 3 of 4

Significantly lifted/shifted coping stones and cracked/open bed joints at parapet wall abutting the main roof bulkhead south-facing wall. Movements in the loadbearing CMU backup wallChanges in moisture content and temperature cause expansion and contraction of concrete masonry walls. The magnitude of volume change depends on two factors—one an intrinsic property of the concrete masonry unit, […]