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The photo that appears on the cover of this issue of ENR, a drill rig puncturing concrete or stone at the base of a new retaining wall being built in Chattanooga, Tenn., came out on top in online voting for the image that would make the best foldout cover.

Jan. 31 is the last day to submit proposals to present at ENR’s annual FutureTech conference in June. After the submissions period ends the conference planning team will analyze the proposals for the emerging trends shaping the construction world in the years to come.

Our industry can no longer look the other way at the impacts of climate change.

Proposition 6 in California poses as a grassroots movement to repeal recently hiked and already high gas taxes when it is something else, too: a vote against the future.

Nothing except war tears apart the seams of civilization like a natural disaster. 

Along with rainstorms and cherry blossoms, spring at Engineering News-Record means some finger crossing and nail biting as we wait to find out the results of the journalism competitions we have entered for our work in the past year.

It’s clear now that an organized plan for trade can never be expected to emerge from the Trump administration’s deal-oriented style.

Crane accidents are one of the enduring nightmares of construction work, so it is notable that as an industry where regulation often equals costs and entanglements, construction professionals have joined together to support the long-awaited publication date of a new federal safety rule that would make certifying crane operators mandatory.

There are those who bellyache that the construction industry is stagnant and lacks innovation and productivity gains.

Resilience is a term that’s talked about a lot today. But to see its human face, look no further than the 3.4 million residents of Puerto Rico.