July 2, 2026
Happy
4th
of
July
from
RISA!
Wishing
all
our
U.S.
neighbors
a
happy
holiday
weekend!
As
we
commemorate
the
United
States’
250th
birthday,
RISA
celebrates
the
country’s
longstanding
spirit
of
innovation.
This
spirit
is
clearly
visible
in
the
evolution
of
our
structures
and
city
skylines.
Over
the
past
250
years,
advancements
in
materials,
construction
methods,
and
structural
analysis
have
transformed
how
buildings
are
designed
and
built.
Today,
finite
element
analysis
(FEA)
tools,
including
RISA,
allow
engineers
to
analyze
complex
behavior,
iterate
quickly,
and
design
more
efficient
structural
systems
with
confidence.
Long
before
modern
computing,
engineers
were
already
achieving
remarkable
feats.
One
of
the
most
iconic
examples
of
pushing
the
boundaries
is
the
Empire
State
Building.
The
Empire
State
Building
was
the
tallest
building
in
the
world
when
completed
in
1930.
The
structure
consists
of
a
steel
moment
frame
which
was
the
primary
structural
system
used
in
the
early
20th
century.
It
was
the
first
building
to
exceed
100
stories,
10
times
the
height
of
the
first
modern
skyscraper
built
just
50
years
earlier.
The
construction
schedule
also
set
records
with
4-½
stories
built
per
week
resulting
in
only
a
13
month
construction
schedule.
For
comparison,
Chicago’s
Willis
Tower,
another
steel…
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