July 19, 2021

The era of interstate construction was often shaped by blatantly racist practices.

Green Hydrogen Projects Seek Global Scale in Energy Transition

Mary B. Powers

July 7, 2021

Record size projects in Kazakhstan and Australia press on despite risks.

Clean Energy

NJ Makes Largest Combined US Offshore Wind Power Award

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

July 4, 2021

Developers Orsted and Shell-EDF will build projects totaling 2,568 MW and boost supply chains, but onshore grid connections remain logistical and political challenge

Clean Energy

Work Starts on World's First $1B Clean Energy Island in North Sea

Peter Reina

July 1, 2021

The P3 artificial offshore wind power hub would distribute 3 GW to several countries in its first phase, with scaleup to 10GW envisioned, say its Danish developers.

Workforce

The 50K Coalition Broadens Its Efforts to Graduate Diverse Engineering Students

Corinne Grinapol

July 8, 2021

Coalition of universities, associations and companies has almost reached its 2025 diversity goal.

Transportation Infrastructure

US DOT Picks Winners for $905M in New INFRA Grants Round

June 30, 2021

The 24 winners were chosen from among 157 eligible proposals.

Pandemic Ethics

Judge Sentences Roofing Contractor Owner in Florida PPP Fraud Case

Richard Korman

July 1, 2021

The owner of Target Roofing & Sheet Metal reportedly requested an additional month in his prison term to qualify for substance abuse treatment.

Infrastructure Legislation

House Approves $715B Transportation and Water Infrastructure Bill

July 1, 2021

It's unclear how the new package might mesh with the Biden-Senate bipartisan group framework.

Structural Health Check-Ups Needed but Are Too Infrequent

July 15, 2021

Knowing when a building is structurally deteriorating, and actually doing something about it can be very different things, as the collapse in Surfside, Fla., has shown this month.

Structural Integrity

North Miami Beach Rejects as Incomplete 2nd Engineering Inspection Report From Evacuated Condo

Engineer who conducted inspection says all documents are now submitted

Richard Korman

July 8, 2021

One Comment

New engineering inspection report declares structure safe for occupancy.

Construction Safety

Drill Rig Accident Kills Engineering Manager, Injures Operator in Philadelphia

Stephanie Loder

July 9, 2021

Nighttime mishap on July 6 proved fatal to a Langan senior geotechnical engineer inspecting work at a downtown pedestrian bridge project.

Workforce

Construction Sheds Another 7,000 Jobs in June

July 2, 2021

Industry's unemployment rate rises from May level but is down year over year.

Buildings

1000M Tower, Helmut Jahn's Last Chicago Project, Gets Approval to Restart Construction

City's 805-ft-tall condo tower stopped construction during pandemic but will restart as apartments

Annemarie Mannion

June 30, 2021

One Comment

After stopping construction due to pandemic-related uncertainty, architect Helmut Jahn's 1000M tower in Chicago has been approved to resume construction as apartments instead of condos.

Design-Build

New Phase of Cuomo Bridge Dispute Opens as NY Thruway Authority Denies Most Claims

July 12, 2021

One Comment

Fluor-led project team is awarded $28 million of a $930-million claim.

Bloomberg tower office New York City NYC

Turner Ex-Construction Manager Gets 51 Months in Bloomberg Bribery Case

Eydie Cubarrubia

July 12, 2021

Vito Nigro is the last of two Turner Construction and two Bloomberg LLP executives to be sentenced in the bribery and tax evasion scheme.

Collapsed DC Pedestrian Bridge To Be Rebuilt Within Three Years

July 15, 2021

The District of Columbia plans to replace a pedestrian bridge that collapsed June 23 after being struck by a truck.

Federal Buildings

GSA Names WMATA VP to Head Public Buildings Service

July 6, 2021

Appointee Nina Albert led transit agency's real estate office.

ENR Top List

2021 Top 200 Environmental Firms: Market is Whirlwind of Change

July 14, 2021

Pandemic and energy transition usher in new needs for firms' expertise as reality finally sets in on the globe's ecological fragility. See which firms made this year's list.

New book on natural disasters and climate

Book Review: Climate Crisis

Why The Disaster Response Always Seems to Fall Short

Richard Korman

July 15, 2021

A new book by 'disasterologist' Samantha Montano on poor preparation and responses.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of July 19, 2021

July 15, 2021

Tribridge Residential is planning to redevelop a 4.4-acre portion of the Goat Farms Art Center in Atlanta.

Fla. Collapse Prompts Interest in Non-Destructive Testing

July 15, 2021

When news came of the collapse of the Champlain Towers residential high-rise in Surfside, Fla., Pouria Ghods thought back to another fatal collapse, almost exactly nine years earlier at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ontario.

Site Check-in App Built for Pandemic Shifting to Broader Uses

July 15, 2021

When the first COVID-related restrictions came down on U.S. construction sites in the spring of 2020, many contractors were caught flat-footed compiling information on workers and visitors for contact tracing.

New Rendering Modes, Cloud Integrations in Archicad 25

July 15, 2021

The latest revision of the popular BIM design software Archicad includes improved rendering options and expanded asset libraries for designers and architects.

Construction Economics for July 19, 2021

July 14, 2021