Engineers and architects have the responsibility to hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public. Until building codes adapt, building professionals must seriously consider integrating passive design into their projects to ensure occupant safety during extreme weather events.
Congressional committees are laying the groundwork for a new multiyear surface transportation bill, or maybe a more wide-ranging infrastructure package.
Canada is on track to have the first transcontinental electric highway, with plans announced by former state-owned energy firm Petro-Canada to roll out 50 high-powered electric vehicle charging stations along the 4,860-mile Trans-Canada highway by 2020.
After a tumultuous few years at the center of a national corruption scandal, Brazil-based Odebrecht is looking to move on. And despite ongoing investigations, the firm has continued to book work both in Brazil and abroad.
As the partial federal shutdown neared the one-month mark, Oklahoma's and New Mexico's departments of transportation delayed lettings for some highway projects, citing uncertainty over federal funding as a reason for the decision.
The partial shutdown of the federal government is starting to affect some federal construction programs—such as those at the Federal Transit Administration—but other major infrastructure accounts have full 2019 funding and aren't harmed.
