As the 2026 construction and maintenance season kicks off, the full weight of the ASCE 7-22 code update is now bearing down on structural fabricators and procurement teams. The shift from older snow ...

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Winter weather can cause all kinds of issues, like snow-covered driveways that need to be cleared with a snow blower and slick walkways that need ice melt. Heavy snow on your roof can also be a ...

No two snowflakes may be the same, but models that fail to take these variations into consideration often fall short when calculating the way snow accumulates on roofs. In Physics of Fluids, ...

Troy, N.Y. – Structural engineering expert Michael O'Rourke has won the prestigious 2011 Walter P. Moore Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The award cites O'Rourke's ...

The latest ASCE/SEI 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures standard contains some notable changes. “Structural engineers should be aware of significant ...

Trina Solar has successfully completed non-uniform snow-load testing at the CGC East China PV Testing Center with its new-generation Vertex 670W modules. Results demonstrated that the critical ...

The Fire Service in the Midwest has noted an increase in roof overloading scenarios due to the significant amount of snowfall in the past months. With this, there has also been an increase in ...

The season's first snow creates a lot of beauty on farms and homesteads. But ignoring it as it piles up on roofs can spell disaster. Just like homes, barns and outbuildings need shoveling. Credit: ...

Anchorage saw a record amount of snow in January, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you need to shovel your roof just yet. The snow loads on roofs in the Anchorage area are about halfway to capacity, ...

After a Christmas snow dump that saw about 16 centimetres of snow fall between Dec. 23 and 25, the city of Montreal announced its plans to launch a snow loading operation Saturday night. The operation ...