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Oct 20, 2014

Sustainable Structural Design: Outlook and Potentials

Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 141, Issue 3

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Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.

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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 141Issue 3March 2015

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Received: Sep 6, 2014
Accepted: Sep 25, 2014
Published online: Oct 20, 2014
Published in print: Mar 1, 2015
Discussion open until: Mar 20, 2015

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Arzhang Alimoradi, Ph.D., M.ASCE [email protected]
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Senior Structural Engineer, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP; and Adjunct Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 224 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 1000, Chicago, IL 60604. E-mail: [email protected]

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