The Baudette-Rainy River Bridge crosses a remote area of Northern Minnesota and Ontario but it's the only crossing for 50 miles in either direction and a port, a small airport and unknown conditions made replacing it a tall order.
Robert P. Madison fought in Italy in World War II, studied under Gropius and Freyssinet, worked with friends like I.M. Pei, was the first African-American architect ever in Ohio, started only the 10th black-owned firm in the nation's history and at 96 he's still active.
Earlier this year, AECOM Hunt completed construction on Walnut Grove Elementary School near Indianapolis, building on an otherwise undeveloped green site.
Chicago developers, contractors, unions, the United Way and even Rahm Emanuel's last campaign manager are coming together to bring women, african-americans, latinos and other minorities into the building trades.
Preston Todd Delph, 58, an employee of Gateway Concrete Forming in Miamisburg, Ohio, died after the seventh-floor of a mixed-use development on Fourth and Race streets in Cincinnati, collapsed on him November 25. OSHA and the City of Cincinnati are investigating the incident.
Construction software giant Autodesk has doubled down on a commitment it made two years ago, when then-new CEO Andrew Anagnost said it was a construction software company first, so making its tools work in an automated construction workplace is its future.
Autodesk announced a new integration of several of its design and construction management software tools Nov. 18 at its Connect & Construct trade show in Las Vegas.