RISA Client Showcase

Overview

At RISA Technologies, LLC, we take great pleasure in hearing about the success our clients have experienced using our products. And we enjoy showing off our clients’ work to others. We use notable structures modeled and analyzed with RISA software on our web site, in case studies and in our print advertisement.

We want to give you the opportunity to submit your work for consideration for our online gallery and print materials. E-mail us for more information on how to get started.

Structures

Publication Reprints

Project Feature Articles

EAE 2005 Award Winners

EAE 2004 Award Winners

I.D.E.A.S. Awards

I.D.E.A.S. Awards2

RISA Case Studies

Each case study gives a detailed account on how RISA software helps structural engineers be more productive.

Published Articles

Each month, Modern Steel Construction Magazine, an AISC publication, highlights noteworthy steel-based projects. Each article mentions the engineering software used. For your convenience, we’ve collected all the articles (in PDF format) over the past few years that mention RISA software.

For more information about Modern Steel Construction or to search for past articles online, please visit www.modernsteel.com. The articles are reprinted with permission from AISC.

2014

Steel Tube Institute Article

RISAConnection Software Adds HSS Connection Design for Columns and Braces. (PDF, 387 KB)

2010

IDEAS2 Awards — Less Than $15M

Merit Award: Storage Barn, Washington, Conn. (PDF, 166 KB)

Building A Turtle

The symbol of cultural pride presented an engineering challenge, for which steel was the answer. (PDF, 426 KB)

2008

Inclined Towards Interoperability

What’s in store for the structural engineering software industry? (PDF, 71 KB)

2007

Beating the Odds

Staggered steel truss framing makes this Detroit casino/hotel a winner, while maintaining both the floor-to-floor and overall structure heights of the original concrete frame design. (PDF, 166 KB)

Tunnel Vision

A new Brooklyn apartment complex takes on the challenge of building over an existing New York subway facility—and comes out on top. (PDF, 160 KB)

Second Chance

In a “do-over” renovation project, an old Des Moines warehouse becomes an innovative new office space with a structural-steel-supported nerve center. (PDF, 223 KB)

Form and Function

Manitou Springs, Colorado’s new Shared Integrated Learning Center uses steel to create an aesthetic structure for this artsoriented mountain community. (PDF, 191 KB)

2006

Curing the Common Condominium

Extensive coordination within the design and construction team produced this progressive condominium project in Boston. (PDF, 194 KB)

Warehouse Wonder

The adaptive re-use of an existing steelframed structure resulted in one of the "greenest" office buildings ever. (PDF, 204 KB)

2006 IDEAS2 Awards — Less Than $15M

Merit Award: Government Canyon State Natural Area, San Antonio, Tex. (PDF, 65KB)

2006 IDEAS2 Awards — $15M or Greater, But Less Than $75M

Merit Award: Hunter Museum of Modern Art, Chattanooga, Tenn. (PDF, 62KB)

Looking Up

Modern structural steel framing makes possible a steeple that was envisioned more than 100 years ago. (PDF, 201 KB)

Salvaged Steel

A salvaged steel roof was the cornerstone for this convention center expansion in Richmond, Va. (PDF, 258 KB)

Over the Top

Miami International Airport’s new Concourse J features structural steel bones supporting curvilinear, airplane-like surfaces. (PDF, 157KB)

2005

Lowe’s Knows Parking

Steel-framed parking decks saved more than $300,000—while also meeting the stringent aesthetic requirements for Lowe’s new corporate headquarters in Mooresville, N.C. (PDF, 148 KB)

EAE 2005 Award Winners — Less Than $10M

Merit Award: Davis Convention Center, Layton, Utah (117 KB)

EAE 2005 Award Winners — $10M or Greater, But Less Than $25M

Merit Award: St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Houston (119 KB)

EAE 2005 Award Winners — $10M or Greater, But Less Than $25M

Merit Award: Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, Pueblo, Col. (105 KB)

EAE 2005 Award Winners — $25M or Greater, But Less Than $100M

National Winner: William J. Clinton Presidential Museum Building, Little Rock, Ark. (331 KB)

I.D.E.A.S. Awards — $100M and Greater

National Winner: Colorado Convention Center Expansion, Denver (PDF, 122 KB)

I.D.E.A.S. Awards — $10M or Greater, But Less Than $25M

Merit Award: Como Park Visitor and Education Resource Center, St. Paul, Minn. (PDF, 44 KB)

I.D.E.A.S. Awards — Less Than $10M

National Winner: South Mountain Community College Performing Arts Center, Phoenix (PDF, 383 KB)

Fine Art

Unconventional framing provided the support solution for this Minneapolis art center’s structurally challenging expansion. (PDF, 194 KB)

Planning to Grow

The one-of-kind architecture of this northern Wisconsin health care facility came to life with the flexible framing options of structural steel. (PDF, 203 KB)

2004

Setting the Stage

Steel sets the stage for the new Frank Gehry-designed Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. (PDF, 107 KB)

Steel Expansion

The DeVos Place convention center in Grand Rapids, Mich., is undergoing a multi-year expansion featuring steel-framed column-free exhibit space. (PDF, 235 KB)

EAE 2004 Award Winners — $25M or Greater, But Less Than $100M

National Winner: Gerald Ratner Athletics Center, Chicago (PDF, 95 KB)

EAE 2004 Award Winners — $25M or Greater, But Less Than $100M

Merit Award: Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. (PDF, 82 KB)

EAE 2004 Award Winners — $10M or Greater, But Less Than $25M

Merit Award: Swonder Ice Arena, Evansville, Ind. (PDF, 77 KB)

EAE 2004 Award Winners — Less Than $10M

Merit Award: Reiman Gardens Conservatory Complex, Ames, Iowa (PDF, 85 KB)

EAE 2004 Award Winners — Less Than $10M

Merit Award: Branford Point Residence, Branford, Conn. (PDF, 74 KB)

Green Acres

A new truck-assembly building for the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Mich. integrates green building concepts into a modern manufacturing facility. (PDF, 183 KB)

Back to School

The University of Oregon‘s Lillis Business Complex in Eugene, Ore., used steel to provide an open classroom environment and a model for sustainable design. (PDF, 496 KB)

Creative Quarters

The steel-framed expansion of Harley-Davidson‘s Willie G. Davidson Product Development Center in Wauwatosa, Wis. is a sustainable structure designed for innovative thinking. (PDF, 251 KB)

Up and Away

This private club for jet owners in Scottsdale, Ariz., features 200-foot-long plate girders and 80-foot steel cantilevers. (PDF, 65 KB)

Play Ball!

Playful structural steel elements and urbanist design make Hammons Field in Springfield, Mo. a popular new venue for America‘s favorite pastime. (PDF, 127 KB)

Complex Apartments

An innovative staggered truss system and a design-build effort sped the completion of an apartment complex in Ames, Iowa. (PDF, 113 KB)

All Shook Up

What if merely tapping your foot was enough to make your entire office floor vibrate? It happened in a 30-year-old office building in Voorhees, N.J. Note: RISAFloor mentioned in sidebar story. (PDF, 110 KB)