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Natural Disaster Losses Are Nearly $3tn: UN Says
Over the last 20 years, the U.S. recorded the largest losses, totaling around $945 billion.
Watch How Ricequakes Simulate Ice Shelf and Rockfill Dam Collapse
Researchers turned to breakfast to improve the ability to simulate and understand real-world collapse events.
Two Alarms, Then Fires and Blasts, NTSB Says
Operators at a monitoring center received two high-pressure alarms for the South Lawrence, Massachusetts, gas pressure system: one at 4:04 p.m. and the other at 4:05 p.m. It was already too late.
Self-Healing Material Opens Up 'Opportunity' for Carbon Dioxide
MIT chemical engineers have designed a polymer material that can grow, strengthen and even repair itself, just by reacting with carbon dioxide from the air. The material could one day be used for construction, repair or protective coatings.
BMW Plans Massive Investment in Chinese Auto Market
Total annual production capacity will rise from 400,000 units in 2017 to 650,000 units starting in the early 2020s.
LA County Taps Contractor for Wastewater Project
The project will add ultraviolet disinfection facilities and related systems to further treat influent wastewater.
Texas Rail Project Hires Salini Impregilo to Lead Civil Engineering
In its role at the head of a civil construction consortium, the firm will be responsible for all work up to the top of the rail, including viaducts, embankments and drainage.
U.K. Moves to Ban Combustible Materials from High-Rise Buildings
The ban covers the use of combustible materials on the outside of buildings more than 18m tall, and comes in response to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people.
Watch: New 3D-printed Cement Gets Stronger During a Natural Disaster
The new 3D-printed cement paste is designed to get stronger when put under pressure.
Canadian LNG Export Project Gets Green Light
First shipments to Asian markets are expected before the middle of the next decade. The project could cost as much as $18 billion.
Walsh Wins Orange County Streetcar Project
The route will serve Santa Ana’s downtown and employment areas, that include county and local government offices and courthouses in the Civic Center.
Fixing a Typo on an Iconic New York Bridge
It took legislation for officials to correct how the name of a 50-year-old suspension bridge spanning lower New York harbor is spelled.
Earthquakes and Tsunamis Are Potent Disasters, UN Says
Earthquakes and tsunamis, like those that struck Indonesia on Sept. 28, are responsible for more deaths than extreme weather events, having claimed almost 750,000 lives over the last 20 years.
ONEOK Plans $1 Billion Gas Gathering and Processing Spend
Additional natural gas gathering and processing capacity in the Williston Basin is intended to help support crude oil and natural gas production in North Dakota.
Work Set to Start on $5.7 Billion US-Canada Bridge
The cable-stayed bridge is intended to provide redundancy at one of the busiest trade corridors between Canada and the United States.
World's First Underground Hotel Prepares to Open in China
The finishing touches are being put on the world’s first underground hotel ahead of its opening, slated for this October.
Carnegie Mellon to Compete in DARPA’s Underground Tunnel Robotics Challenge
The team will develop robots that can traverse different subterranean environments.
Watch: Air-cooling Polymer Coating Applies Like Paint
A new, high-performance exterior polymer coating that can be applied like paint to act as a spontaneous air cooler. The innovation may represent an important tool in efforts to address the Earth’s changing climate.
Vogtle Nuclear Owners Agree to Terms
The four co-owners hammered out a deal to reach “definitive agreements" to mitigate financial exposure for each of them.
Cracks Force San Francisco Transit Center to Close
A Bay Area transit agency says that its engineers and contractors are developing a shoring plan to relieve loading on beams to prevent further damage to the $2.26 billion center.