Taiwanese authorities arrested the developer of a 17-story apartment tower that collapsed, a government official said, as the search for survivors continues.
Like modern chefs tweaking classic techniques, concrete industry insiders are experimenting anew with ingredients—additives and aggregates such as fly ash, slag and quarry waste—and “plating,” which includes methods such as two-lift paving and real-time smoothness monitoring.
Cross-laminated timber panels are becoming commonplace in small buildings in continental Europe, but the technology now is reaching new heights in the U.K.
Despite nail biting over predictions of 20-mph winds, crews on Aug. 22 erected the 200-ton center segment of the eastbound steel arch on the Margaret McDermott Bridge in Dallas.
The value of new construction starts in September dropped 5% from the previous month but show an annual gain of 12%, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
A recent study of 17 permanent modular construction projects found that, on average, schedules can be slashed 45% and costs cut 16% over onsite construction.
Using a novel vertical production line, builders of a futuristic U.K. observation tower recently completed the 162-m-tall steel mast around which a sleek doughnut-shaped pod will rise and fall.
The Washington National Cathedral's hilltop location in northwest Washington, D.C., has long given the limestone-on-masonry Gothic Revival structure a visibility enjoyed by few other structures in the nation's capital.
Building owners are becoming more aware of the benefits that building information modeling brings to their construction projects, and to a lesser extent, its value in the management and operation of their buildings.