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This section covers the procurement, financing, site preparation, and project delivery types for different sectors of infrastructure, including: buildings, infrastructure and industrial works.

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Seattle's Living Laboratory Tests Novel Low-Carbon Building Materials

Nadine Post
Nadine M. Post
September 13, 2023
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Veteran structural engineer Don Davies has donned an owner-developer's hat to demonstrate how to drastically reduce embodied carbon in buildings.


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Materials

UK Shutters 104 Schools Over Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Concerns

RAAC schools and public buildings that predate 1980 are at risk of failure
Peter Reina
Peter Reina
September 1, 2023
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Research has raised concerns about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panels manufactured between the 1950s and 1970s.


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Manufacturers of Prefab Tackle a Skeptical Marketplace

Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
August 30, 2023
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A different prefabrication and modular construction sector came out of the pandemic. Ambitious startups such as Skender Manufacturing and Katerra folded in the last few years, while one major health care designer lamented an industrywide pullback that saw many of the suppliers they work with cut back on custom, by-project fabrication to standardize on products like headwalls and bathroom pods.


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Contractors Make a Bet on Prefab and Modular

Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
August 30, 2023
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Demands from clients and labor shortages are forcing some contractors into other methods of creating building assemblies, driving new investments in prefabrication and modular construction techniques.


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Renco’s mineral composite

Real-Life LEGO Set: Putting Together a New Way of Building

Structural materials have not changed all that much since reinforced concrete was introduced to construction in the late 19th century, but a fiber-reinforced, mineral composite system from a Florida company offers a new alternative.
Jeff Yoders
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Scott Judy
Scott Judy
August 30, 2023
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Structural materials have not changed all that much over the years, but a Florida company offers a new alternative.


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The Slussenområdet

Stockholm Advances Slussen Bridge Project to Secure A Sustainable Future

Lock and bridge reconstruction is a key component in a $1.4-billion master plan to secure the city’s major drinking water source, Improve mobility and reduce flood risks.
Emell Adolphus
Emell D. Adolphus
August 23, 2023
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Lock and Bridge reconstruction is a key component in a $1.4-billion master plan to secure the city’s major drinking water source, improve mobility and reduce flood risks.


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Sunshine Skyway

Blockbuster Breakwater: Alternative Construction Method Put to the Test in Tampa Bay

Scott Judy
Scott Judy
July 26, 2023
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Florida Dept. of Transportation's use of alternative approach to building breakwaters that has proven more effective and less expensive is the first test by a state- or federal-level agency.



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Fancy Footwork to Create PAC NYC’s Deceptively Simple Cube

Nadine Post
Nadine M. Post
June 28, 2023
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The building team for the WTC’s plain petite theater, known as PAC NYC, tackled architectural, structural and logistical challenges to build the 129,000-sq-ft performance venue, with three reconfigurable performance halls and an exotic translucent marble skin.


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How Philadelphia I-95 Span Destroyed by Fire Reopened in Just 12 Days

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James Leggate
June 23, 2023
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The hastened work to reopen the highway involved numerous quick decisions by public and private sector participants.


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Foundation Repairs

After 15 Years, Settlement Arrested at San Francisco's Millennium Tower

Contractor completes transfer of building loads to new piles to bedrock
Nadine Post
Nadine M. Post
June 21, 2023
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After snags and a redesign, the team working on arresting significant future settlement of the 645-ft-tall condominium tower has declared the $100-million fix a success.


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