The 6th Street Viaduct replacement project in Los Angeles has concluded the hanger installation of the first span and the removal of the falsework underneath, says COWI, an engineering consulting group.
Using a modified method, Shimmick’s Legacy Foundations restarted work on the troubled perimeter pile upgrade of the ailing Millennium Tower in San Francisco.
Purple Line's new JV contractor Dragados-OHL will start in spring as state approves its contract on Jan. 26. Construction tab now is $3.4B, with opening four years past original estimate, say officials.
The hard work of hanging, taping and finishing drywall remains one of the more physically demanding tasks in building construction. While other trades in the industry have seen tools and equipment take the strain out of work, drywall work remains largely unchanged. And contractors are well aware of this.
There’s a lot we can learn from this year’s Newsmakers, chosen by the editors of ENR. One led the construction of hospitals in Haiti; another built a bridge to connect Turkey’s two-continent expanse.
When Kyle Wiens first posted a step-by-step repair guide online for his college laptop back in 2003, he didn’t think he’d one day be submitting filings to state legislatures on device owners’ rights to repair and maintain anything they own, from smartphones to farm tractors.
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