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Risk

The Case For Designers Shouldering More Legal Responsibility

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Richard Korman
Why it would help if designers worked under a 'fiduciary responsibility' like doctors. …
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Design

Cracked Girders Trigger Scrutiny of Salesforce Transit Center's Entire Structure

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Nadine M. Post
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority board of directors has called for a complete structural evaluation of San Francisco's 1.2-million-sq-ft transit center, closed because of fissures found in two girders that span 80 …
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Projects

Chicago Picks Design Finalists for $8.5 Billion O'Hare Revamp; SOM, Calatrava Make Shortlist

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Jeff Yoders
Five design teams have been picked as finalists for the $8.5-billion revamp of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. They are Fentress-EXP-Brook-Garza Joint Venture Partners; Foster Epstein Moreno JV Joint Venture Partners; …
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Construction technology

Autonomous Drone System Tested for Mapping Without GPS

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Luke Abaffy
Uses envisioned include searching for missing hikers in forests or mapping construction progress autonomously within indoor locations …
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Design

Salesforce Transit Center Girder Fix Not Expected to Begin Before December

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Nadine M. Post
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority expects the repair of the two cracked girders in San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center to begin next month and spill over into next year. …
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Water & Dams

Tanzania Picks Arab Contractors for Stiegler Power Project

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The contractor will construct a 134-m-high RCC dam and four saddle dams, with a combined capacity to impound approximately 34 billion cubic meters of water. …
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Government

DeFazio Aims for $500B-Plus Infrastructure Plan in 2019

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Tom Ichniowski
Oregon Democrat, likely House transportation committee chair in next Congress, wants to move bill quickly. …