You need to give the whole sentence! I think there might be a confusion here between shear and sheer. To shear is to cut off, like wool from a sheep. Sheer means transparent.
Secondo me non si tratta di inglese di un madrelingua:
"Structure composed almost entirely out of concrete with well arranged shear walls which providesfor high rigidity".
Comunque, penso che sia ininfluente.
GS