The conversation about building fire safety changed after London’s Grenfell Tower disaster, with questions about the differences among the fire tests used for building exterior wall assemblies with combustible components.
In findings announced Oct. 22, the National Transportation Safety Board concludes that multiple parties deserved some responsibility for Miami bridge tragedy.
Liberals hang on despite overheated political scandals, but action on climate change, transport and pipeline building will need deals across party lines.
Design-builder SNC-Lavalin, caught up in election fray, sees shares soar 14% on speculation reshaped government will settle long pending bribe charges.
Anticipating disruptive mobility technologies, attracting new talent and figuring out how to do public-private partnerships successfully pose key challenges for public transportation agencies.
Predicting wildfires and combating them, smart building sensors, 3D-printed building materials, building integrated fire safety systems that go beyond sprinklers and clean-room protection were among the topics discussed Oct. 13-15 at the Society of Fire Protection Engineers’ annual conference and exposition at the Sheraton Grand Resort at Wild Horse Pass near Phoenix.
Mayors of 94 cities across the globe—members of C40 Cities—announced their support for a Global Green New Deal to “drive an urgent fundamental and irreversible transfer of global resources away from fossil fuels and into action that averts the climate emergency.”
As wildfire warnings continue to race through California, utility giants PG&E and Southern California Edison (SCE) are stepping up their fire-risk mitigation plans for workers to harden infrastructure and manage vegetation.
Two unstable tower cranes at the site of the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel collapse were brought down on Oct. 20 in a controlled demolition, but work to stabilize the structure is far from over.
EnergySolutions will gain long shut reactor's license and $871-million cleanup fund in goal to accelerate decommissioning; nearby Unit 1 is not part of deal.
Tim Nottoli, Walsh Construction’s chief information officer, has seen Google’s Nest and Amazon’s Ring cameras brought onto the company’s construction sites and has dealt with every type of sensor used properly and improperly on the company’s network.
Repetitive overhead tasks are rough on the back and shoulders and can result in stress injuries over time. While some companies have exoskeletons designed to improve lifting, Levitate’s Airframe exoskeleton is designed for overhead work.
Seeing the potential for malicious actors to attack vulnerable elevator control systems linked to the internet, an industry group of elevator manufacturers has proposed a set of cybersecurity guidelines.
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to sign off on new Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loans, one of its latest WIFIA approvals has a new twist.
Maryland is taking emergency measures to alleviate extensive congestion resulting from deck replacement work on the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, which carries U.S. Routes 50 and 301 across the Chesapeake Bay.
Following a nearly six-month investigation, the Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries has issues its findings in the collapse of a crane in Seattle on April 27 that killed three people, including two ironworkers dismantling the crane at the time.
The construction of two Mississippi River diversions in Louisiana will create 447 construction jobs and provide $28.7 million in construction earnings, according to a new study on the economic impact of the planned $1.15-billion Mid-Barataria and $700-million Mid-Breton sediment projects in Plaquemines Parish.
The contractor OpenIJ has finally sunk a 150,000-tonne concrete caisson at the troubled project for the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden, Netherlands.
Mill Creek Residential is planning to build Modera Golden Triangle, a mixed-use tower on a site on the southwest corner of 11th Avenue and Bannock Street in Denver.