“Depending on the conditions, steel is an intelligent choice for building construction. What if the steel columns were “smart” enough to help mitigate the effects of relatively large differential horizontal movements in concrete floor plates subjected to sustained lateral earth pressures and movements due to creep, shrinkage and temperature changes? …

“On January 17, 2008, Las Vegas Sands Corporation celebrated the opening of the company's $1.9 billion, Palazzo Las Vegas. With 105,000 square feet of casino, 3,066 expansive suites, six villas, and 450,000 square feet of world-class shopping, dining and ntertainment, the 50-story resort-hotel-casino literally takes luxury to new heights. The resort is the largest Silver LEED® certified building in the world. The 95% recycled content of the project’s 70,000-plus tons of structural steel helped earn that rating…”