Under the radar, behind the project gate, inside the executive suite. That's where ENR's editors and bloggers deliver their insights, opinions, cool-headed analysis and hot-headed rantings.
Operating engineers on construction sites often have a unique sense of humor, especially when you are 300 feet in the air, and your life is totally in their hands.
The short-term disruption along the U.S. east coast during the passage of Hurricane Irene this weekend is, of course, a concern, but more worrisome is the potential for long-term damage from storm surge and coastal and interior flooding as the broad, lumbering monster rolls up the coastline
Construction fatalities in the private sector declined by nearly 10% in 2010, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Aug. 25. This appears to be a trend, as construction fatalities have gone down every year since 2006. In total, fatalities are down 40% since 2006. Overall,
With the federal motor fuels tax, and authority to spend the revenue it generates, set to expire on Sept. 30, states say a failure to extend the tax will cause highway and transit construction programs to shut down.
President Obama plans to propose additional job-creation and deficit-cutting steps after the August recess. Construction hopes the plan will include a boost for infrastructure.
The tale of how a 55-person firm from Seattle unwittingly designed the steel frame of the twin towers of the World Trade Center so they could save more than 20,000 lives on 9/11.
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