The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority management board approved a $217.7 million contract to upgrade and modernize the signal systems on two MBTA subway lines.
If you were hoping for a silver-bullet, big-infrastructure solution to save Greater Boston from the impact of rising sea levels, a major study coordinated by University of Massachusetts Boston’s Sustainable Solutions Lab released in the spring may have come as disappointing news.
The 365,000-sq-ft, 18-story NYU Langone Health Science Building was in the design phase when Hurricane Sandy deluged the campus, prompting the project owner to mandate that the team implement major overhauls in hardening the building and its infrastructure.
With a punched-window aesthetic and masonry-toned, ultra-high-strength concrete cladding, Rutgers University’s Nursing and Science Building harkens to the past.