IN THE PRESS: Encountering Historic Metals in Renovations
Steel, whether as structural steel framing or rebars in concrete work, is a well-studied highly documented and ubiquitous building material. Many pre-war buildings throughout the country, especially rust belt cities have historic metals, such as older steels, wrought iron and cast iron, which are not routinely studied in engineering schools and less documented in the general structural engineering literature. In this article featured in the February 2021 Issue of STRUCTURE Ma