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The U.S. Green Building Council  today announced the opening of the 2012 Affordable Green Neighborhoods Grant Program.

Senate committee Chairman Boxer sees progress in negotiations with House so far. But there are no deals yet on the toughest issues, including financing and the Keystone XL pipeline.

An IMAX film celebrates a transcontinental railroad—especially its construction.

McMinimee, a champion of better, faster bridge techniques, and a friend, has died.

Testers of the latest version of the National Building Information Modeling Standard-United States rave about it.

The fourth public comment period for LEED 2012 begins tomorrow and ends May 28.

Is the controversy over whether an unclad spire on One World Trade Center would reduce the building "height" to 1,368 ft from 1,776 ft much ado about nothing?

House and Senate conferees held their formal opening session, aiming to produce a compromise highway-transit reauthorization bill. Now the real negotiations take place, behind the scenes.

The architects at BanG Studio created an art installation at a Brooklyn synagogue that interprets the biblical story of Jacob’s Ladder. The piece takes the form of a giant musical instrument that the public is encouraged to "play." The synagogue is is one of 40 New York City organizations competing for funds to restore its historic buildings.

Four days spent with airport reps show that while the transport mode changes, the source of frustration remain the same. Can different sides of an industry avoid being like Congress in order to make Congress listen?