News
25
Jan
Reduce cladding costs and risks through wind tunnel testing
Category: Blogs
Most modern buildings are designed and constructed as a core skeleton to which an exterior envelope is attached. The standard document referenced by most building codes in the Unit...
21
Jan
CPP proud to support Engineers Without Borders USA
Category: Blogs, News
CPP is pleased to announce our partnership with Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA), a Colorado-based, internationally focused 501(c)3 organization committed to improving infra...
18
Jan
2014 breaks record for warmest year
Category: Blogs
Separate studies by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have demonstrated that 2014 was the warmest year on record since scientists began keeping re...
11
Jan
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...