An Olympic endeavor

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The summer of 1999 has become the season of construction for Salt Lake City, UT, with some of the most outstanding experts in the design and construction sectors converging in the area to create master plans, facility designs and manage construction of the facilities for the 19th Olympic Winter Games in 2002. Three permanent sites, in particular, will be built from scratch or will replace obsolete or unusable facilities. Their designs must comply with a number of challenging requirements.

Recreational Buildings, Cover Story, Buildings and facilities, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sports facilities, Recreational facilities, Utah, Winter Olympics

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Forecaster makes concrete prognostication

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Portland Cement Assn chief economist Bill Toal believes that economic stability will boost commercial and public construction sectors. Toal, at the World of Concrete conference, predicts a recession stage followed by a low inflation stage. Toal suggests that federal budget restraint and low misery index since the 1960s, will lead to a stable economic future without requiring economic assistance. The cement industry shows a high growth rate and will project a rise in its production.

Nonresidential Buildings NEC, Construction industry, Forecasts and trends, Buildings, Toal, Bill

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Engineers study bomb vulnerability of flat-slab construction

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Researchers have built a four-story, flat-slab building in White Sands, NM, that is being subjected to different explosive tests as part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's full-scale blast mitigation program. The tests could help engineers to better design and retrofit structures that can withstand terrorist attacks and protect people within. Flat-slab construction is typically used for building office structures in metropolitan areas.

Office Buildings, Management, Case studies, Safety and security measures, Office construction, Administrative agencies, Government agencies, Counterinsurgency

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