Structural innovator calls on industry leaders to create a funding collective for public-domain research to speed advancement in the built environment

The steel sector is so excited about structural engineer Ron Klemencic’s composite steel superstructure, expected to speed office tower construction, that at least three steel fabricators are studying it, many months before erection is set to begin on Seattle’s 850-ft-tall “proof of concept.”

Structural engineer Ron Klemencic remembers May 2, 2011, as the “most devastating day” of his career.

With the Seattle skyline and Mount Rainier as a backdrop, workers from Hoffman Construction install new glass panels on the iconic Space Needle’s observation deck.

Massive blaze destroys Denver apartment building under construction on a tight urban site.

Based on recent fire test results, mass timber groups have adjusted product certification standards to require the use of cross-laminated timber with structural adhesives tested to demonstrate better fire performance.

Since the departure of the Sonics in 2008, the city has been working to bring back the National Basketball Association and attract a National Hockey League expansion team.

Federal Bureau of Investigation and General Services Administration officials faced sharp questioning on Capitol Hill as they defended a Trump administration proposal to replace the FBI’s aging downtown Washington, D.C., headquarters with a new building at the same spot.

JPMorgan Chase's new headquarters is the first major project under New York City's rezoning initiative, dubbed Greater East Midtown and approved in August, that aims to create 6.8 million sq ft of modern office space in a 73-block area anchored by Grand Central Terminal.