Months before a six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, partially collapsed May 28, a structural engineer advised the property owner that an unexpected void space had been discovered during repairs to a damaged area of the exterior brick wall.

Lane-Webuild JV breached its contract, says South Florida Water Management District in a May 30 court filing that seeks to recover claimed additional costs from project delays.

The heavy and civil engineering category led the way, adding 10,700 jobs, while specialty trade contractors added 7,300 positions, and building contractors added 6,600 jobs.

Industry officials praise permitting reform provisions, and a move to fast-track completion of the controversial Mountain Valley gas pipeline project withstands a last-minute challenge.

The South American country plans to use public-private partnerships for the modernizations.

Washington and Maryland now have PFAS contamination suits against chemical manufacturers. 

The Lesotho Highlands Water Project is the second phase of Africa’s largest water transfer scheme.

In what the civil engineers gtroup termed "the most significant change" to the 7-22 standard's flood load provisions since the inception of ASCE 7. the new supplement ties flood hazard mitigation to a structure’s risk level, and sets the hazard area for most risk categories to the 500-year floodplain for determining flood loads.

Chris Ashton, CEO of Australia-based engineer-builder, sees growth in 'sustainability projects' in sale of North America maintainance unit gained from Jacobs, but firm also posts traditional oil and gas project wins from major players.