Special Reports

Special coverage from ENR reporters, contributors and outside news sources in text, photos and video, on the biggest stories of the past and present.

ENR special reports

Special coverage from ENR reporters, contributors and outside news sources in text, photos and video, on the biggest stories of the past and present: the Crisis in U.S. Infrastructure Funding, the Financial Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Haitian Earthquake, Gulf Oil Spill, Japanese Tidal Wave and Nuclear Emergency, Hurricane Sandy and CONEXPO 2014. Photo by Per Christiansen.  


Rising Challenge


Rising Challenge

How Engineers Are Preparing for Sea-Level Rise
From Seattle to Cape Cod, see what's being done at 18 different locations

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Low and Slow Across America's Infrastructure


Low and Slow Across America's Infrastructure

A road trip in a car as old as the Interstate highlights the state of U.S. infrastructure.
ENR's Aileen Cho and author Dan McNichol set off across America in a vintage 1949 Hudson to inspect the nation's crumbling infrastructure.

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Dream Projects Test New Realities


Dream Projects

ENR explores the limits of engineering and design in this collection of ambitious projects
Ambitious engineers and architects are pushing the limits of technology and scale, but what are the impacts?

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CONEXPO 2014


CONEXPO 2014

Full coverage of the giant equipment expo held every three years in Las Vegas
ENR's team of writers reports on all the latest equipment, environmental rules and training issues.

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Imagining Construction's Future: Science-Fiction Writing Contest


Imagining Construction's Future

Read the winning entries in ENR's first Science-Fiction Writing Contest
ENR asked its readers to open up their minds and take a shot at writing short fiction about the future of construction. The top selections and many honorable mentions are presented in this ENR Special Report.

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