WEBINARS

 

When Chains, Muscle, and Beauty Built Bridges

Friday, November 1st, 2024 12:00 CST

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Katherine Haun Schuring & Chris Hoberg:  "Third Avenue Bridge (Bridge 2440)"

Robert J. Dermody:  "Chain Bridge, Newburyport, MA. Early American Chain Suspension Bridges"

Ulrich Boeyng:  "1,160 lbs of riveted iron sliding in place – moved by muscle-power"

 

Join us on November 1st for the next in the series of Construction History webinars.  We will travel to Nantucket for the first use of chain fort suspension, to Germany for innovation in 1859, crossing the Rhine River by rail, and to Minneapolis, where an artistic movement drove innovation over a complicated riverbed geology.  And we bet you didn't know about these bridges!  

 

Sponsored by the Construction History Society of America and produced by the University of Minnesota.

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METALS THROUGH TIME AND OTHER TALES OF CONSTRUCTION HISTORY

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

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Sara E. Wermiel:  Introduction of the Rolled I-beam in the U.S.A. in the 1850s

Tait Johnson, PhD:  Machines for Selling: Kawneer Products in Commercial Districts

Kevin Vazquez, PE:  Dunwoody College of Technology Renovation – Minneapolis, MN

 

BRICK BY BRICK AND OTHER TALES OF CONSTRUCTION HISTORY 

DECEMBER 4, 2020

 

Rebecca Kennedy:  Shifts in the Productive Landscape: Traditional Construction in Oaxaca Mexico

and its Relationship to Broader Land Use Patterns

Kevin Griebenow:  Block by Block, A Short History of Masonry and Concrete Dams

Paolo Vitti:   Origins of Brick Vaulted Construction in the Mediterranean Region and

Evolution through Roman, Byzantine and Arabic Times

 

QUARANTA GIORNI AND OTHER TALES OF CONSTRUCTION HISTORY 

MAY 29, 2020

 

Brian Bowen:  Quaranta Giorni:  The Bubonic Plague in 14th C. Europe and its effect on Construction

Betsy Frederick-Rothwell:  The Underground Origins of Air Conditioning

Polly Root Sturgeon:  Building a Nation:  Indiana’s Dimension Stone Legacy

With Todd Thompson and Jennifer Lanman

 

CONFERENCES

One of the defining activities of the Construction History Society of America is its biennial meeting, and members are invited to attend our events at a discounted rate.  From its beginning in 2007, the society has recognized the value of having scholars, students and friends gather to exchange ideas and explore the discipline of construction history.  Our annual meeting is a combination of business, scholarship, exploration and merriment and we aim to select diverse locations within the geographic boundaries of the society.

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Plenary and technical sessions as well as tours are organized to present the latest research, take advantage of the location, show off our host department, and for the general benefit of attendees.  Each meeting is directed by a member of the society who presides as the program director and is supported by an academic institution which hosts the meeting.

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CHSA also organizes meetings on the off year, often in collaboration with compatible organizations, and members attend International Congresses in conjunction with the Construction History Society.  The Fifth International Congress on Construction History (5ICCH) was held in Chicago in 2015 and was organized by the Construction History Society of America.