High Tech Tools In this article about the use of virtual design and construction programs such as Revit, BASE Vice President Frank Humay explains how hand calculations combined with 3D finite element analysis programs were critical in determining the load path on the Schofield Behavioral Health/Dental Clinic project.
Beginning Anew in Honolulu -Modern Steel Construction Repurposing is the ultimate approach to sustainable design – the full recycling of a building for a new use. This article describes the conversion of the existing Aloha Tower Marketplace into student lofts and facilities for Hawaii Pacific University.
Preserving Navy History with Design Build – STRUCTURE Magazine Located on Ford Island at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, Building 26A was constructed in 1935 for an aviation storehouse and an airplane hangar for the Navy’s Fleet Air Base. The facility survived the surprise December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor that took 2,403… Read More
BASE’S THE RITZ-CARLTON RESIDENCES WAIKIKI BEACH, PHASE 1 WINS TOP POST-TENSIONING INSTITUTE AWARD MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS – MAY 1, 2017 – Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering, Inc. (BASE) has announced that The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 was awarded 2017 Project of the Year by the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI). The PTI awards are given… Read More