Articles by Johanna Knapschaefer

Growth in use of electric equipment in construction has been relatively slow in the U.S. despite successful pilot efforts, but a new coalition of cities, municipal agencies and industry groups is looking to promote wider adoption.

Massachusetts will take all but 200 MW of the 2.87-GW procurement, with the rest to Rhode Island, but bidders were wary, submitting for well under the 6.8-GW offered by the two states—and Connecticut failed to seek any capacity.

Rock blasting and installing a complex facade challenged the team building the U.S. Military Academy’s engineering education center.

Second state marshaling port would propel growth of the market as it recovers from financial woes and the July accident that suspended work at the $3-billion Vineyard Wind site.

Six-week program sponsored by NAWIC is exposing potential female craft professionals to the skills needed and benefits gained of working in construction. 

Designing and building the first mass timber commercial office building in the Philadelphia metropolitan area required intense coordination to combine mass timber with multiple structural systems.

Bill awaiting state Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature requires oil and gas companies to pay for project costs associated with climate change and climate resilience. 

Eversource utility-scale thermal energy pilot links residential and commercial buildings in Framingham to provide heating and cooling

Contractors have been chosen for two jail replacement projects located in Queens and the Bronx.

Maine's first ever commercial mass timber structure is also the first to use a mass timber lateral system to resist wind and seismic loads, says Matt Tonello, Consigli director of operations and project executive.