A 4-inch-diameter, 18-inch-long steel pin that supports a critical joint of 11 structural steel members has rusted and worn to the point where it poses a potential risk for failure under heavy load.

The delay comes in the middle of the project's phase 2, which involves remodeling the original school building built in 1930. “The walls were not as strongly built as we thought,” Dwyer said.

CIE 324 introduces students to analysis and design of complex structural systems: the art of using the principles of statics and mechanics to calculate the design axial and shear forces and moments ...