A. CARL WEBER (June 1926)

Carl Weber (June 1926) was a structural engineer who designed the floor joist system for the New York World Trade Center. His design of imbedding joists into concrete floors and welding them into composite modules that could be hoisted into place on the site has also been used at Northwest Plaza shopping center and at the Sheraton Westport Hotel.

He also helped design the steel support anchoring system for the Gateway Arch and the structural roof and floors for the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Weber was personally responsible for such innovative designs as the straight chord steel  joist used  world wide in construction today, continuously reinforced pavement , now the standard  for major highways in forty-two states high strength deformed reinforcing bars and drawn wire  with deformations for improved concrete anchorage. He held patents involved in all these engineering features.

He received honorary memberships and awards from the Engineer’s Club of St. Louis, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society for Testing and Materials and the Missouri and National Professional Engineering Societies.

Carl lectured across the country on the Arch, The Eads Bridge, the St. Louis Worlds Fair and the World Trade Center.

He served on the St. Louis County Traffic Commission and the Business and Industrial Development Commission.

Carl was vice president of the Missouri Athletic Club, president of the Washington University Alumni Assn., president of the Washington University Research Foundation and president of the University City Park Board. He headed the sports and civic development committee that brought Bush Stadium downtown.

DOB: Apr 03, 1909 St. Louis, MO DOD: Nov 28, 1994 Webster Groves, MO Age 85