The American Institute of Steel Construction has formed a task force to consider the recommendations made by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission peer review panel, on the fractured flanges in the Salesforce Transit Center, to determine if any changes need to be made to the AISC Steel Specification.
With seven months to go before the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation, or FAST, Act expires, there have been glimmerings of progress on a long-term successor for that $305-billion highway-transit authorization.
The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters was awarded its largest-ever backpay award by the Illinois Department of Labor in ruling that a developer and two subcontractors must pay $1.1 million for violating prevailing wage law on a senior housing project in Northbrook, Ill.
Developer's attorney claims the court ruling, which cites zoning irregularities in nearly done Manhattan luxury condo, could invalidate certificates of occupancy for 20 city buildings.
Dutch and German backers admit dams would create severe environmental impacts, while critics say highway bridge linking Scotland and Northern Ireland would be technically challenging.
The Chicago Transit Authority has given a $38.3-million contract for the environmental impact study for the 5-mile extension of the CTA Red Line on the city's south side.
Miyamoto International, a seismic structural engineer, is opening a permanent office in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to offer its services to public and private entities to help with the repair and seismic strengthening of buildings damaged in the earthquake on Jan. 7.