Risk Management Surety Sector P3 Progress Report How the surety industry sees public-private partnerships Lenore Marema August 10, 2016 No Comments State lawmakers have been adopting P3 laws slowly and steadily for over a decade.Read More
Risk Management Is the Match Between a Contractor and Project Heaven-Made? A new tool, the author writes, will help make project selection easier Thomas C. Schleifer PhD July 27, 2016 No Comments There are no bad projects—just bad matches between contractors and projects.Read More
Technological Progress Which Was the True Golden Age of Engineering? Figuring out when important inventions translate into better lives Samuel C. Florman July 22, 2016 No Comments After 1950, I feared that engineering was entering into a dark age of public criticism and self-doubt.Read More
Transportation DC Metro's Safety Surge Report Card Jim Parsons July 20, 2016 One Comment Early results are in on efforts to fast track rail system's voluminous maintenance needs.Read More
Infrastructure Funding Bridges to Prosperity Changes Lives One Village at a Time None of the projects the writer has visited has had a greater impact on the community Janice L. Tuchman July 19, 2016 No Comments Just my luck that the first international board meeting I attended for Bridges to Prosperity included the opening ceremonies at 11,500 ft in the mountains of Bolivia.Read More
Education Start Training in College for Construction Collaboration Ryan Abbott Thompson E. Penney June 30, 2016 No Comments There are no longer rigid lines between fields of expertiseRead More
International Trade Seeking Full EU Membership, Turkey Aims for Major Transportation Upgrade The door is open to US companies that can help with transportation technology improvements, say two Commerce Dept. specialists. Roza Pace Curt Cultice June 21, 2016 No Comments Turkey has doubled its transportation industry-investments budget from 20% to 40% over the last decade.Read More
Transportation Technologies A Date With "Disruption" Panel Examines How AVs, Connected Vehicles Will Alter Infrastructure Management Jim Parsons June 7, 2016 No Comments
Construction Risk Management Financial Climate Change Hits Abengoa, SunEdison Debt and government subsidies added up to financial disaster at firms with talent for renewable energy May 25, 2016 No Comments Energy innovation has been the stage on which many a financial farce has been performed.Read More
Drinking Water Flint Indictments Send Message on Engineering Ethics Whether guilt or innocence is proved, the Flint drinking water crisis is a wake-up call on public safety ENR Editors May 17, 2016 2 Comments The Michigan town's drinking water crisis is a wake-up call to not become desensitized to issues of public safety.Read More