May 27, 2019

Vista River Water Supply Project in San Antonio

ENR 2019 Top 400 Contractors: The Market Keeps Growing

May 23, 2019

The market has hit its tenth year of growth, one of the longer expansions in history. But firms don’t see any signs of a cooling off.

$1.7 Billion Houston Drinking Water Goes Big to Address Subsidence, Growth

Pam Radtke Russell

May 22, 2019

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To counter subsidence and population growth, Houston is building one of the world’s largest drinking water plants and laying miles of pipe

AECOM R&D Credits Helped Zero Out 2018 Federal Taxes

Scott Van Voorhis

May 22, 2019

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AECOM’s success in reducing its 2018 corporate tax liability from potentially tens of millions of dollars down to zero may seem like magic.

Scott Blair

May 22, 2019

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The International Federation of Consulting Engineers and the International Tunneling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES) launched a new set of contract documents specifically tailored to the challenges of underground works that involve geologic uncertainty, including tunneling and foundations.

Aileen Cho

May 22, 2019

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After decades of competition, two major players in the modular pre-engineered bridge business have joined forces.

Colin Powell, Youth Advocate, Praises ACE Program Promise

Janice L. Tuchman

May 22, 2019

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The surprise guest speaker at the ACE Mentor Program’s 25th Anniversary Celebration May 14 was retired Gen. Colin L. Powell.

Louvre Glass Pyramid Architect I.M. Pei Dies at Age 102

Carter Wiseman

Nadine M. Post

May 22, 2019

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Though born in China, I.M. Pei, who died on May 16 in New York City at age 102, became one of the most dominant American architects of his time.

Mary B. Powers

May 22, 2019

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Two environmental groups are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate and require the cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and list them as hazardous substances under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

Debra K. Rubin

May 23, 2019

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More AEC employers are addressing gender parity in compensation, more than 200 companies report.

Aileen Cho

May 22, 2019

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Transportation infrastructure will need technology to help meet the needs of a growing urban population, and political will to fuel major projects and investor confidence.

Fully Autonomous Excavators and Dozers Deploy to Site

Jeff Rubenstone

May 22, 2019

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There’s been a lot of talk about getting autonomous construction equipment into the field, but few have been willing to use operatorless heavy iron on real sites.

Luke Abaffy

May 22, 2019

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The U.S. Institute of Building Documentation (USIBD) has issued a guide for taking two-dimensional images for documentation, requests for proposals and requests for qualifications.

Salesforce Transit Center Reopening Still Not Set

Nadine M. Post

May 22, 2019

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The independent panel reviewing the investigation of San Francisco’s troubled Salesforce Transit Center is tasked with both determining the cause of brittle fractures in two bottom flanges of twin built-up plate girders and assigning responsibility for the fractures, according to Ron Alameida, director of design and construction for the public owner, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority.

Amid Funding and Design Battles, Border Wall Contracts are Challenged

May 22, 2019

As Congressional Democrats push new blocks to use of military project funds for barriers and President Donald Trump seeks expensive changes, awarded contracts face bid protests.

Amazon Unveils First Rendering for Arlington, Va., HQ2 Site

May 22, 2019

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Amazon released plans for its second headquarters at National Landing in Arlington, Va.’s Crystal City.

Contract Signed for Renewables Center at Former Mass. Coal Plant

May 22, 2019

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Energy developer Anbaric in May signed a $650-million agreement with an affiliate of Commercial Development Co. to develop a renewable-energy center at a former coal plant in Somerset, Mass.

Honolulu Light Rail Faces Bill for Cleanup of Bird Droppings

May 22, 2019

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Beset with delays, rising costs and regulatory scrutiny, Honolulu’s light rail project faces another challenge—bird excrement.

Work Progressing on $480M Houston Flood Control Project

May 22, 2019

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Work is wrapping up on the widening of 21 miles of Brays Bayou in Houston, one of 75 individual project components of a $480-million cooperative project between the Harris County Flood Control District and the Corps of Engineers to reduce flooding in the watershed.

Construction Materials

In New Pact, US, Canada, Mexico Cancel Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum

Update 5/20: Tariffs officially removed as of May 20

Tom Ichniowski

May 17, 2019

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Agreement lifts tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum in place for almost a year.

Ergodyne’s lightweight phase-change cooling vest

Product Snapshot: Cooling Vest and Drill-Driver

May 22, 2019

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Ergodyne’s lightweight phase-change cooling vest uses cooling packs that can be chilled in a freezer or cooler to keep the vest at 59° F for up to two hours at a time.