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Structurally folded sedimentary rocks in the Cambrian of Tennessee, USA.
The folded rocks shown here are part of the Rome Formation (Middle Cambrian). Folds (and faults) are common in mountain belts formed by tectonic collision - this example is in the Appalachian Mountains, which formed by collision between Africa and North America during the Pennsylvanian. This ancient mountain-building event is called the Allegheny Orogeny. The supercontinent Pangaea formed at this time.
Locality: roadcut along the eastern side of Rt. 25E, immediately south of the Copper Creek Thrust Fault (= same outcrop), just south of the Clinch River, north of Clinch Mountain, far-northern Grainger County, northeastern Tennessee, USA (36° 22' 54.64" North latitude, 83° 26' 48.86" West longitude)
First responders from across the country were in Virginia Beach for a massive structural collapse training exercise hosted by the Virginia Beach Fire Department and Virginia Task Force 2. The annual School was held at the sprawling complex of crawl spaces and staged disaster zones representing different scenarios – things first responders have seen and experienced first-hand. This course gives urban search and rescue teams a chance to practice their skills. More than 160 people took part in the hands-on training lasting for 8 days with students coming from as far as San Francisco, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware.
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Who said cabbage couldn't be beautiful. I have to admit to being partial to this vegetable although I appreciate others are not.
But you have to admit with a "bone" structure like this.........
First responders from across the country were in Virginia Beach for a massive structural collapse training exercise hosted by the Virginia Beach Fire Department and Virginia Task Force 2. The annual School was held at the sprawling complex of crawl spaces and staged disaster zones representing different scenarios – things first responders have seen and experienced first-hand. This course gives urban search and rescue teams a chance to practice their skills. More than 160 people took part in the hands-on training lasting for 8 days with students coming from as far as San Francisco, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware.
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What is the difference between a residential structural engineer and an architect? I'm not very knowledgeable, but they sound like the same thing to me. Of course there are probably big and little differences between them. I should talk to my friend who is studying to become an architect.
Premier SIPS Help Create a Tight, Well-Insulated Building Envelope for Finn Hill Junior High
The SIP panels will help the school district reduce energy costs, and allow for smaller, more cost-effective mechanical systems. Reducing heating and cooling consumption was critical for the building’s “net-zero energy ready” design, meaning that the potential area for the roof-mounted solar panels is sufficient to power all the school’s needs. The school will open with one of the largest solar panel installations in the state.
Finn Hill Junior High Project Summary:
Location: Kirkland, Washington (Seattle area)
Building size: 120,000 square feet (approx.)
Structural Insulated Panel area (walls and roof): 200,000 square feet (approx.)
Project status: Complete, opened Fall 2011
Funding source: 2006 school district bond measure
Design Team: Mahlum Architects, Seattle; Arup (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Telecom), Seattle; Cascade Design Collaborative (Landscape), Seattle; Coughlin Porter Lundeen (Civil, Structural), Seattle
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First responders from across the country were in Virginia Beach for a massive structural collapse training exercise hosted by the Virginia Beach Fire Department and Virginia Task Force 2. The annual School was held at the sprawling complex of crawl spaces and staged disaster zones representing different scenarios – things first responders have seen and experienced first-hand. This course gives urban search and rescue teams a chance to practice their skills. More than 160 people took part in the hands-on training lasting for 8 days with students coming from as far as San Francisco, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware.
Photographs by Craig McClure
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Structural polish in semi-anthracite coal in the Mississippian of Virginia, USA.
This is the best outcrop anywhere of the only economically significant Mississippian-aged coal occurrence in the world. The beds are structurally tilted, which occurred during the Allegheny Orogeny in the Pennsylvanian.
Shown above is an outcrop of the Langhorne Coal. At this site, the unit is tectonically-thickened and sheared. The rank is semi-anthracite coal, which results from very low grade metamorphism of bituminous coal. Adjacent beds (shales and sandstones) are not metamorphosed. The Langhorne Coal has been mined in the past.
The surface facing the viewer is smooth and polished, the result of shearing (= fault movement) in incompetent rocks. Such surfaces are called "structural polish". High polish can also occur on some bedrock-smoothed glacial surfaces.
Stratigraphy: lowermost upper member, Price Formation, Osagean Stage, upper Lower Mississippian
Locality: roadcut on the eastern side of Rt. 100, western end of Cloyds Mountain, south of the town of Poplar Hill, Pulaski County, Valley Coalfield, southwestern Virginia, USA (= locality shown in figure 9 of Bartholomew & Brown, 1992) (37° 10' 42.39" North latitude, 80° 42' 48.48" West longitude)
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Some info. from:
Bartholomew, M.J. & K.E. Brown. 1992. The Valley Coalfield (Mississippian age) in Montgomery and Pulaski Counties, Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 124. 33 pp. 2 pls.
Gensel, P.G. & K.B. Pigg. 2010. An arborescent lycopsid from the Lower Carboniferous Price Formation, southwestern Virginia, USA and the problem of species delimitation. International Journal of Coal Geology 83: 132-145.
Leicester's parish church of St Martin was raised to cathedral rank when the Diocese of Leicester was created in 1926, making it one of the 'parish church cathedrals' promoted in the early 20th century, however here there was no structural change with the building's change of status as the site was too enclosed to permit further extension to the church (except for a larger vestry block on the south side).
The church itself had already been much altered during the Victorian period, with so much rebuilding that very little of the medieval structure survives beyond the nave arcades, leaving the building as we see it today an almost entirely 19th century creation (though retaining the overall plan of the old building, including the spacious additional south aisle). The central tower and spire is a fine piece of work however (by Raphael Brandon and based on a medieval example at Ketton) and lends considerable dignity to the church.
The interior is light and attractive and has recently been re-ordered (sadly the fine Nicholson screen, formerly the focal point of the nave, was pushed back into the chancel and cropped to fit its new position). There is some outstanding stained glass here amongst the more ordinary Victorian pieces, with several good Arts & Crafts pieces by Christopher Whall (particularly the large chancel east window) and his daughter Veronica, whilst two newly installed windows in the north chapel are by Tom Denny.
The cathedral was little known or visited amongst English cathedrals until a remarkable recent event changed its status forever, for since 2015 it has become the resting place of King Richard III after his body was discovered nearby in excavations at the site of the former Greyfriars (now a car park!). The body was reburied with great ceremony in the chancel where a simple marble tomb covers the King's remains.
Subsequently Leicester Cathedral, whilst not possessing the size and grandeur of most churches of its rank, has now become a much busier place, with a constant flow of visitors.
Nearing completion, The Shard (or Shard London Bridge).
Architect: Renzo Piano
Developer: Sellar Property Group
Structural engineers: Turner & Townsend; WSP Cantor Seinuk; Robert Bird Group; Ischebeck Titan.
Construction began March 2009, with a planned completion date of May 2012 (now extended to July 2012).
The Shard is 304,1m tall (309.6m including the antenna) with 72 habitable floors and a further 23 floors holding plant etc.
First responders from across the country were in Virginia Beach for a massive structural collapse training exercise hosted by the Virginia Beach Fire Department and Virginia Task Force 2. The annual School was held at the sprawling complex of crawl spaces and staged disaster zones representing different scenarios – things first responders have seen and experienced first-hand. This course gives urban search and rescue teams a chance to practice their skills. More than 160 people took part in the hands-on training lasting for 8 days with students coming from as far as San Francisco, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware.
Photographs by Craig McClure
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Structural Asymmetry is one of the 3 root causes of scoliosis. An example of structural asymmetry is when one leg is longer than the other causing the pelvis to be angled resulting in a curve of the spine as well.
First responders from across the country were in Virginia Beach for a massive structural collapse training exercise hosted by the Virginia Beach Fire Department and Virginia Task Force 2. The annual School was held at the sprawling complex of crawl spaces and staged disaster zones representing different scenarios – things first responders have seen and experienced first-hand. This course gives urban search and rescue teams a chance to practice their skills. More than 160 people took part in the hands-on training lasting for 8 days with students coming from as far as San Francisco, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware.
Photographs by Craig McClure
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Impact breccia in the Precambrian of Ontario, Canada.
This outcrop consists of a clast-rich impact pseudotachylite. This is the Sudbury Breccia, which formed during one of the largest impact events in Earth history. The Sudbury Impact Structure is located in southeastern Ontario. It is ovoid in shape, about 37 miles long by 19 miles wide, but it was originally ~circular, having been laterally compressed by tectonic deformation. Before erosion and structural deformation, the structure may have been between 60 and 120 miles across. The impacting object is estimated to have been about 6 miles in size. The impact event itself occurred at 1.85 billion years ago. At that time, this part of Ontario was ocean. Computer modeling indicates that the splash wave generated by the Sudbury Impact may have reached about 30 miles high and generated a ~300 feet high megatsunami that radiated away from the target area for up to ~1800 miles. The impact punched a hole down into underlying mantle rocks.
Abundant evidence indicates that the Sudbury, Ontario area was indeed the site of an impact long ago. This includes impact breccias, shattercones, and extensive syn-formational sulfide mineralization. The sulfides are rich enough for mining to occur. In fact, the Sudbury Mining District targets the # 1 most productive nickel deposit on Earth.
At this outcrop, the clasts in the Sudbury Breccia are principally pieces of Cartier Granite and gneiss. The Cartier Granite is a 2.6 billion year old igneous intrusion. The dark-colored matrix is cryptocrystalline impact pseudotachylite, which formed by melting and rapid cooling.
Geologic unit: Sudbury Breccia, Paleoproterozoic, 1.85 Ga
Locality: Windy Lake Northwest outcrop - roadcut on the western side of Route 144, northwest of the “town” of Windy Lake, Sudbury Impact Structure, Ontario, southeastern Canada (46° 39’ 46.91" North latitude, 81° 31’ 21.22" West longitude)
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The Institution of Structural Engineer's Young Structural Engineering Professional Award - Winner Kayin Dawoodi. © Kayin Dawoodi
First responders from across the country were in Virginia Beach for a massive structural collapse training exercise hosted by the Virginia Beach Fire Department and Virginia Task Force 2. The annual School was held at the sprawling complex of crawl spaces and staged disaster zones representing different scenarios – things first responders have seen and experienced first-hand. This course gives urban search and rescue teams a chance to practice their skills. More than 160 people took part in the hands-on training lasting for 8 days with students coming from as far as San Francisco, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware.
Photographs by Craig McClure
21227
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Not sure what the proper architectural term for this. It's part of the picnic area cover at Centennial Park in Irving Tx
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INDIAN OCEAN (June 22, 2013) Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Erin Gallivan, assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWELVE (HSC-12) Detachment ONE (DET ONE), performs maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge is on patrol in the Indian Ocean with Marines from Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) and embarked 7th Fleet staff. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jared Harral/Released)
This is a few days before they knocked it down. Purple gel on a handheld flash I used to paint with, long exposure, on my 35mm camera.
Those who have been following my work should note the choice of film here. I don't shoot RTP (Fujichrome 64T) or tungsten color balance very much. But this is exactly how I wanted the dishes to look. This is how I wanted to communicate how I felt.
More will be posted tomorrow morning.
First responders from across the country were in Virginia Beach for a massive structural collapse training exercise hosted by the Virginia Beach Fire Department and Virginia Task Force 2. The annual School was held at the sprawling complex of crawl spaces and staged disaster zones representing different scenarios – things first responders have seen and experienced first-hand. This course gives urban search and rescue teams a chance to practice their skills. More than 160 people took part in the hands-on training lasting for 8 days with students coming from as far as San Francisco, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware.
Photographs by Craig McClure
21227
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Seen here are structurally tilted sandstones across the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in the South Australian Outback. The beds are steeply dipping eastward (to the left of the viewer) - they are almost vertical. This site is on the western flank of a large syncline.
A prominent bedding plane near the left margin of the lower part of the photo is the top of the Rawnsley Quartzite, an upper Ediacaran shallow-water sandstone. The overlying beds (further to the left) are the basal Parachilna Formation, a burrowed sandstone-siltstone succession and the basal-preserved Cambrian unit in the area. This section was once considered for the Precambrian-Cambrian GSSP (global stratotype section and point). Parachilna burrows mark the first appearance of complex trace fossils in the section. The underlying Precambrian sandstones lack burrows. It turns out that the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in this section is a cryptic disconformity (missing time). At other sites, another unit called the Uratanna Formation occurs between the Rawnsley and the Parachilna.
Stratigraphy: Parachilna Formation (upper Nemakit-Daldynian Stage to lower Tommotian Stage, lower Lower Cambrian) over Rawnsley Quartzite (upper Ediacaran, uppermost Neoproterozoic)
Locality: Mernmerna section - dry creek cut south of Merna Mora & north-northwest of Hawker, eastern side of the Three Sisters Range, South Australia (vicinity of 31° 34' 22.69" South latitude, 138° 24' 39.64" East longitude)