News - Page 458 | Engineering News-Record

Risk Management

End Bias in Big Construction Project Predictions

Could game theory provide a better result than Bayes Theorem?

Thom Neff

July 18, 2016

No Comments

Infrastructure planners and builders need to rethink how they approach and compute uncertainty and risk.

Risk Management

Las Vegas Arena Contractors Say Insurance Program Cost Savings Never Materialized

Lawsuit claims Aon is at fault for expensive mistake in wrap-up program

Scott Van Voorhis

July 17, 2016

No Comments

Did the wrap-up insurance program add to costs instead of saving money?

Contractor Walbridge Boosts John Rakolta III to EVP; Bid Up for UK Consultant Sweett

Debra K. Rubin

July 13, 2016

No Comments

Equipment maker Roadtec former president is dead at 60

LafargeHolcim Merger Alters New Zealand Supply Chain, Workforce

Chris Webb

July 13, 2016

No Comments

Following the merger of two cement giants, customers in New Zealand are unlikely to feel much of a change, but onshore jobs will disappear as product sourcing moves to Japan.

The Top 225 International Design Firms

Oil Prices Spur Engineering and Architecture Market Downturn

Design work in the global energy sector sagged and brought an economic slowdown

Gary J. Tulacz

Peter Reina

July 13, 2016

No Comments

The slowdown has international designers scrambling.

Americas Are Key to Growth For Israel's Largest Contractor

Neal Sandler

July 13, 2016

No Comments

Shikun & Binui Group, Israel’s largest contractor, expects to take a loss of up to $30 million on debts owed since last year for infrastructure by its key overseas client, oil-sector-ravaged Nigeria.

Employee-Owned Contractor C.C. Myers Files for Bankruptcy

JT Long

July 13, 2016

No Comments

On June 30, California contractor C.C. Myers Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in California Eastern Bankruptcy Court.

Professional Ethics

Engineers on Trial: Will the Flint Water Crisis Charges Stand Up?

Controversial sampling methods aren't new in water quality testing

Richard Korman Erin Richey

July 13, 2016

No Comments

Did the engineers try to cover up mistakes?

Workers' Voices

Construction Workers Open Up About Their Careers

Craft workers and supervisors seek economic security and good working conditions

July 7, 2016

No Comments

Craft workers and their supervisors at the jobsite are indispensable elements of construction success, yet they are little known as individuals.

Engineering Educators Elect First Black Woman President-Elect

Chicago Designer Alan Bombick Dies at 61

Debra K. Rubin

July 6, 2016

No Comments

Bevlee Watford, associate dean for academic affairs at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, has become the first black woman to be president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education.