With no agreement to settle charges against firm related to actions by now-departed executives, the firm seeks public support in an open letter from its CEO.
The target window is shrinking for serious design change to cut GHG emissions. Engineers know what works and what doesn't. Veteran engineer says: Let's do it!
On Oct. 16, the Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture, general contractor for the Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco, filed a complaint San Francisco Superior Court against the hub's owner, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, seeking more than $150 million in extra payments on its $994,517,600 contract.
So our challenge is to again teach that the mathematics and discipline of CPM, coupled with proper software, will deliver return on the intellectual effort required.
Allana Buick & Bers, a forensic engineer hired by the Millennium Tower Association, says the cracked window glass in Unit 36B of the San Francisco residential building was caused by an exterior impact.
With much of north Florida’s design and construction community engaged in damage assessment and recovery, ENR talked with Jason Bird, resilience practice leader for Jacobs Engineering, about how engineers can lead the way forward.
In an analysis of three cranes that collapsed in the Miami area as Hurricane Irma passed over Florida, OSHA found that while the cranes were set to spin freely in the wind, all three were a specific model whose jibs may have been vulnerable to turbulent wind vortexes.