ENR Associate Technology, Equipment and Products Editor Jeff Yoders has been writing about design and construction innovations for 20 years. He is a five-time Jesse H. Neal award winner and multiple ASBPE winner for his tech coverage. Jeff previously wrote about construction technology for Structural Engineer, CE News and Building Design + Construction. He also wrote about materials prices, construction procurement and estimation for MetalMiner.com. He lives in Chicago, the birthplace of the skyscraper, where the pace of innovation never leaves him without a story to chase.
More than 100,000 artifacts all focused on the history of a civilization that began in Egypt more than 5,000 years ago have come home to the Grand Egyptian Museum, but construction of the 484,000-sq-ft structure reads more like a tale of ardor from the Old Kingdom.
The Biden administration’s Federal Sustainability Plan, announced in April, will require all agencies to transition to light-duty electric vehicles by 2027 and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles by 2035.
Cortec’s migrating corrosion inhibitor admixtures for concrete are now available as a pre-packaged, water-soluble “grenade” of MCI 2006 NS that can replace MCI 2005/MCI 2005 NS liquid admixtures for concrete.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requiring a mass timber structural option to be considered at the design stage of all of its vertical construction projects going forward.