A viewpoint commentary by two safety-minded professionals shows why new ideas may be hard to enact in construction.

Four BIM experts in a commentary say you will need precise data to document costs and savings.

The need for a more diverse and representative staff seems to punctuate every workforce development conversation at AEC firms. Whether the industry is ready and willing to have a serious conversation about the needs of those diverse workers is another matter entirely.

Context and details are everything in life, including the way construction trade wages are determined and enforced under the federal Davis-Bacon Act.

Sometimes the solution to a complex problem is right in front of our eyes. If we look at the issue of carbon reduction differently than we have so far, one opportunity lies in reexamining fundamental floor-loading assumptions.

An engineer in the inflation-plagued country comments on how price risk is divided on federal projects. 

A 52-meter-long trail bridge across the Huaraca River in Bolivia serves as a lifeline for 1,260 people in the surrounding communities who previously were isolated during flood season. It was built in loving memory of 16-year-old Meredith Malone, who died of a sudden blood clot caused by oral contraceptives.