California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) unveiled a significantly down- sized plan to restore his state's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a major water resource for both agricultural and urban users.
Some 150 tradesmen have converged on a "postage stamp-size site" in Anchorage to construct what its owner promises will be one of the most energy-efficient thermal generation powerplants in the world.
An engineer who as a college student left a major mark on masonry codes, a project manager overseeing work on CD5 Niqliq Channel Bridge in the North Slope of Alaska and a sustainability expert specializing in mixed-use and retail projects both domestically and abroad are among the rising stars selected as ENR Northwest's Top Young Construction Industry Professionals.
Jon Magnusson, senior principal with Seattle-based engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) and son of a civil engineer, recalls visiting the construction firm where his father worked and eyeing a 50-lb box of nails, whereupon the 8-year-old inquired if he could pocket a handful of them.
While some parts of the Pacific Northwest are undergoing a boom of a magnitude rarely seen in the region, others may be heading for a bust of similar proportions.
MATT Construction project manager Sam Ragsdale snapped this iPhone photograph of crews installing the exterior skin at the Petersen Automotive Museum renovation in Los Angeles.
For the first time in nine years, a commercial construction project tops ENR California's annual ranking of the largest construction starts in the state last year.
Turning an unused pipe chase into an access tunnel for crews so they can walk safely under a busy street from the parking lot to the site epitomizes the type of workarounds that have kept the 70%-complete 500-MW replacement of the 460-MW Unit 3 Scattergood Generating Station on track.
Dissatisfied with traditional project delivery, Sutter Health began experimenting with lean practices and integrated project delivery nearly a decade ago.
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