A groundbreaking was held in April for the 395,000-sq-ft center, which is expected to enable the university to increase admission of engineering students by 1,000 a year.
New York City’s Woolworth Building, at 792 ft, was the world’s tallest tower in 1929, but two skyscrapers under construction across town were in a dead heat to take the crown.
Located in Tianjin and originally named Goldin Finance 117, completion of the 597-meter mixed-use structure, to be one of China's tallest, was halted in 2015 during a Chinese stock market crash.
The work on one of the garage's load-bearing piers was not permitted and no shoring was used, according to a report released by the New York City Dept. of Buildings.
Restoring the colonial-era courthouse involved preservation training for crews and a lucky break finding reclaimed period brick from the demolition of a nearby historic cistern.
Several states, including Massachusetts and New York, are considering pilot projects or backing legislation that would allow gas utilities to develop networked geothermal heating and cooling systems.