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The Manufacturing, Logistics, and Infrastructure blog.

Exploring 80 Years of Innovative Structures

“If an architect gives you a sketch, don’t take it as a solution, take it as a statement of the problem and then come up with your own counterproposals,” says SOM Structural and Civil Engineering Partner William F. Baker. DETAIL Engineering 4: SOM Structural Engineering offers a rare look into the inner workings of the firm’s most complex projects. More than an exercise of physics, the book reveals SOM’s structural engineering process as an organic evolution of ideas guided by principles of simplicity, clarity, and sustainability. Learn more