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Los Angeles-based CIM Group and Chicago's Golub & Co. unveiled plans this week for the redevelopment of Chicago's neo-gothic Tribune Tower and the land surrounding it. A 1,422-ft-tall tower would rise adjacent to the 1923 landmark, according to the plan, and the soon-to-be-former home of the Chicago Tribune would be converted to 165 residential units and new retail shops.

More than 209,000 residential buildings would likely require retrofitting if a proposed New York City law, spurred by the Trump Tower fire, is passed.

Structural innovator calls on industry leaders to create a funding collective for public-domain research to speed advancement in the built environment

The steel sector is so excited about structural engineer Ron Klemencic’s composite steel superstructure, expected to speed office tower construction, that at least three steel fabricators are studying it, many months before erection is set to begin on Seattle’s 850-ft-tall “proof of concept.”

Structural engineer Ron Klemencic remembers May 2, 2011, as the “most devastating day” of his career.

With the Seattle skyline and Mount Rainier as a backdrop, workers from Hoffman Construction install new glass panels on the iconic Space Needle’s observation deck.

The approval of a project called Embark Richmond Highway in Fairfax County, Va. will result in a major makeover of the U.S. Route 1 corridor near Mt. Vernon.

West Virginia had the largest job growth in the nation from January 2017 to January 2018, according to Associated General Contractor workforce data. 

After three nor’easters pummeled the East Coast this year, architects, engineers and environmental groups are calling for regulators to force building owners to protect their properties from extreme wind, flooding and heat related to climate change and sea level rise.