Transportation Boston Logan Airport Opens Modernized Terminal E 'Boomerang' building's ruby-red prismatic paint likely an airport first Justin Rice November 15, 2023 No Comments The modernization expands the airport's international terminal to 390,000 sq ft, adding four additional gates.Read More
Legal Three San Francisco Engineering Firm Execs Charged in Bribery Scheme James Leggate November 14, 2023 No Comments Two former San Francisco city engineers have separately been charged, and a former building inspector sentenced to prison in the scheme.Read More
Stacy and Witbeck-led JV Picked for $895M Oregon Bridge Replacement James Leggate November 6, 2023 No Comments The Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project in Portland would replace a busy river crossing completed nearly 100 years ago. Read More
Materials Army Corps to Require Design Teams to Consider Mass Timber New policy mandates all vertical construction projects must consider mass timber and cross-laminated timber in design Jeff Yoders November 2, 2023 No Comments The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requiring a mass timber structural option to be considered at the design stage of all of its vertical construction projects going forward. Read More
Transportation First Pedestrian Cable-stayed Swing Bridge in US Coming in 2027, Says Team Work on the 4,100-ft project in Charleston, SC, with a movable center span, set to start next year Derek Lacey October 27, 2023 One Comment The pedestrian-only crossing would span the Ashley River between downtown Charleston, S.C., and the West Ashley neighborhood. Read More
Economics Architecture Billings Fall Steeply in September, Reach New Post-Pandemic Low Historic low demand in the housing market cited as biggest factor Jeff Yoders October 19, 2023 No Comments The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index fell steeply to 44.8 in September. Read More
Research & Development UC Berkeley Plans $2B Silicon Valley Campus at NASA's Ames Research Center James Leggate October 18, 2023 No Comments The 1.4-million-sq-ft project still needs environmental approvals.Read More
Facade Design Fatal Collisions at Chicago's McCormick Place May Make Bird-Saving Measures Fly Nearly 1,000 migrating birds killed earlier this month at the complex's Lakeside Center Annemarie Mannion October 12, 2023 No Comments Measures to better protect birds may be part of plans to renovate Lakeside Center. Read More
Transportation Rochester's $100M Highway Removal Project Aims to Reunite Neighborhoods James Leggate October 10, 2023 2 Comments Removal of the Inner Loop North is expected to be done in 2027.Read More
Investigations No Grand Jury Indictment in 2019 Hard Rock Hotel Construction Collapse Daniel Tyson October 10, 2023 One Comment The panel returned a “no true bill” verdict regarding the Oct. 12, 2019 incident.Read More