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11 Jan
A cloud of smog over Mexico City
Who’s afraid of the Big Brown Cloud?
Category: Blogs
Residents of Los Angeles, Denver, Mexico City, Brisbane, and Mumbai know it all too well: The big brown cloud that consumes urban areas under certain conditions. On good days, the ...
04 Jan
The skyline of San Francisco, center of innovative design on the West Coast
CPP opens office in San Francisco
Category: Blogs, News
CPP is pleased to announce the opening of its newest office in San Francisco, California. Isabelle Lavedrine will serve as CPP’s primary representative in the area, as well as up a...
22 Dec
A portion of the Colorado Front Range Gust Map, prepared by CPP co-founder, Dr. Jon Peterka
Special wind regions
Category: Blogs
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7-10) includes wind speed maps of the United States for determining design wind speeds in all parts of the country. No...
14 Dec
The temporary building used by the Cardiff Library while its main building was under construction. It was cleverly designed to look like a shelf of books.
A study in impermanence
Category: Blogs
When we talk about wind loads on building and structures, we’re almost always concerned with permanent installations: hospitals, skyscrapers, arenas, and so on. Such buildings are ...
07 Dec
Marina_Bay_Sands
Singapore’s wind climate
Category: Blogs
Given CPP’s work on such high-profile structures as Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands resort, and having opened our Singapore office, we thought it would be interesting to highlight the...
30 Nov
Isabelle Lavedrine, CPP's business development for the West Coast region of the US
Welcome Isabelle Lavedrine, CPP’s West Coast Representative
Category: Blogs, News
CPP is proud to welcome Isabelle Lavedrine, our regional representative for business up and down the West Coast, including California, Oregon, and Washington. “The West Coast has b...
23 Nov
Don't waste money in an empty office during the holidays
Stay efficient for the holidays
Category: Blogs
The winter holiday season is fast upon us! Although few businesses shut down completely in November and December, many offices do grow eerily quiet this time of year as employees t...
16 Nov
If you can tear your attention from the amazing wind engineering scene, apparently Fort Collins is near a few of these
Category: Blogs
You probably already know that Fort Collins is often called the “Napa of Wind,” but did you know that this city of 150,000 is home to much more than just world-class wind engineeri...
09 Nov
GEP
Good Engineering Practice (GEP) Stack Height
Category: Blogs
CPP co-founder and air quality expert Dr. Ron Petersen has spent years helping permitting consultants understand that Good Engineering Practice (GEP) stack height offers more optio...
02 Nov
The new CPP headquarters. Photo courtesy of Rieko Ishiwata of Burkett Design, architect for the project.
CPP partners with Burkett Design to create new offices
Category: Blogs, News
Big changes are coming to CPP, and we couldn’t be more excited: The cutting edge technical work that has defined us since 1981 now has an office environment to match. On Mond...