Items Tagged with 'civil engineering'

Architecture, civil engineering majors show their stuff in an enterprising construction project on the Indiana campus

Effective master planning is never a one-size-fits-all process. While architects and planners focus on program and vision, civil engineers evaluate feasibility through infrastructure.

C.A.C. Industries, ENR New York Specialty Contractor of the Year, forms joint ventures to secure and deliver large infrastructure project contracts that are more challenging.

Port infrastructure receives the highest grade, stormwater and transit the lowest as report authors say continued federal, state and local funding is necessary to continue improving the country's infrastructure. 

When McCarthy Building Cos. won the $57-million job to demolish a failed dock structure and build a new general cargo dock at the Port of Beaumont, Texas, “we were surprised,” says senior project manager Robert Wood.

Due to the pressing concerns of climate change and its impact on infrastructure design, civil engineering needs a significant update.

Originally known as Bid2Win when it was founded in the 1990s, B2W has grown from an estimation and field tracking tool to a cloud platform for heavy civil contractors that includes equipment maintenance and management, scheduling and electronic forms to its list of tools.

Platinum Contracting, a Las Vegas-based heavy civil and underground utilities contractor, recently completed a large-scale underground infrastructure project in Summerlin West, the next phase of the existing Summerlin residential community in the Las Vegas area.

Professional practice test new specifications, effective in April, eliminate a common breadth of knowledge section to enable more emphasis on discipline-specific expertise.

ENR Northwest's 2022 Design Firm of the Year, Otak, builds on environmental and civil expertise.