Forensic engineer brings a level head and reassuring competence to a dangerous New Orleans building collapse site

Pressure-cooker job meets its immovable deadline to open arena for Metallica concert

Bold man of steel­work ushers in an era of faster-to-erect tall buildings

After delays that threatened to push the project into 2021, the City of New Orleans announced on Jan. 17 that the partially collapsed structure of the unfinished, 18-story Hard Rock Hotel will be brought down in a controlled demolition in late March, under a new plan to be submitted by demolition contractor D.H. Griffin Cos.

The $330-million Watermark project is transforming an historic hotel into a senior living residence with elite amenities

Structural engineer deploys untested jacking procedure to take 21-in. lean out of a 3,000-ton Norfolk, Va., building

The first building in phased construction of the Lucid Motors plant, an investment of $300-plus million on a 500-acre site, should begin between April and June of this year.

Puerto Rico, which has been experiencing seismic activity since late December, was rocked Jan. 6 and 7 when a pair of strong earthquakes took down buildings and caused widespread power outages, according to news reports.

The reality that more structures fail during construction than after completion spurred the forensic engineer, who died Jan. 3 in Manhattan, to champion the first load design standard for temporary and partially completed structures.