James Leggate

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro emergency declaration sets initial $7 million to repair damage after a tanker carrying a petroleum product caught fire early on June 11 under bridge in Philadelphia carrying northbound interstate lanes.

The 2021 wildfire caused damage estimated at more than $2 billion.

Lane's claims against Skanska for breach of fiduciary duty and gross negligence still must be decided at a federal trial in Florida this fall.

Officials from areas experiencing poor air quality have advised against strenuous outdoor activity and suggested wearing masks.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is funding projects with its $2.6 billion allocation from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Construction has resumed after a crane accident in Atlanta crushed a part of a garage and injured four workers.

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.

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.

Denver Water is raising its dam outside Boulder, Colo., by 131 ft to nearly triple the capacity of Gross Reservoir.

Six-story Davenport apartment structure had been undergoing exterior brick wall repairs prior to partial collapse on May 28, with two people feared still inside and dead.