A Tale of Two Towers
The Structures
Autor(en): |
Aine M. Brazil
Eli Gotlieb |
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Medium: | Fachartikel |
Sprache(n): | Englisch |
Veröffentlicht in: | Civil Engineering Magazine, Juni 2004, n. 6, v. 74 |
Abstrakt: |
In preparing two lots in New York Citys Times Square as sties for modern skyscrapers, engineers devised foundations and structural systems that would allow for subway lines, subway stations, and a century-old theater. In these two articles, the engineers explain how the foundations were meticulously installed and how the slender structures were efficiently stabilized. |