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Feburary and March 2019
Presented nine seminars throughout New Zealand on Structural Forensic engineering
September 2018
Presented: "Stabilizing the Early Phrygian Gate Complex at Gordion, Turkey - Conservation Preparation" 11th at SAHC (Structural Analysis of Historic Construction) Conference, Cusco Peru
June 2018
Presented a paper "Comparison of Modelling Approaches to Analyzing Masonry Arch Bridges" at the 10th IMC (International Masonry Conference), Milan, Italy
June 2018
David Biggs was named a Fulbright Specialist candidate for 2018-2021.
April 2018
David Biggs was presented the 2018 Dennis L, Tewsbury Award by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of ASCE.
May 2015
Leader for an international team of structural engineers who went to Nepal for earthquake damage assessments.
July 2015
Lectured for the International Course on Stone Conservation sponsored by the Getty Conservation Institute of Los Angeles, CA and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) in Rome, Italy.
Current Projects
Recent Publications
Current Projects
Assessment of the hyperbolic paraboloid roof of the George Nakashima Arts Building and barrel vault roof of the Pool Building, New Hope, PA - both historic
Prefabricated masonry design and development
Forensic evaluations - schools, condominiums, apartments, office buildings
Peer reviews and masonry coalition solutions - school buildings, warehouse, chapel, prison buildings, residence halls
Site structures and bridges for trail systems in NY and VT
Recent Publications
Recent Publications
Recent Publications
June 2018
Co-authored "Comparison of Modelling Approaches to Analyzing Masonry Arch Bridges" with Jonathan Knudtsen and Petr Kable for 10th International Masonry Conference in Milan.
Since January 2017
Masonry magazine - "Marvelous Masonry" and Masonry Design magazine - "Technical Talk"
August 2017
Authored “Crossings: Bridges in the Adirondacks”, included in "The Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region" by Janet Null, SUNY PRESS, ISBN13: 978-1-4384-6666-8
August 2016
“Compressive Strength of Dry-Stacked Concrete Masonry Unit Assemblies”, S. Atamturktur, B. Ross, J. Thompson, D. Biggs, J. Mater. Civ. Eng., American Society of Civil Engineers, 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001693 , 06016020.
“In-situ assessment of the physical and mechanical properties of vintage solid clay bricks”, D. Dizhur, R. Lumantarna, D. T. Biggs, and J. M. Ingham, Journal of Materials and Structures, Springer (2016) 50: 63. doi:10.1617/s11527-016-0939-9
June 2016
“Post-tensioned concrete masonry roof panels: A case study”, D. Biggs, Proceedings of 15th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, Padua, Italy.