Building and Construction

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Video: 3D Printing in Metal With Robots

    KUKA partner Midwest Engineered Systems has pioneered additive manufacturing with metal using six-axis robots from KUKA.

  • Komatsu America Unveils Intelligent Machine Control Excavator

    The machine offers up to a 63 percent improvement in excavating efficiency over a standard PC210LC-11 and traditional stake-plus-grade-checker methods.

  • British Columbia Puts Brakes on Bridge Plan

    The government will start an independent technical review to research the best solution for an aging tunnel, which experts have said is not safe and could collapse during an earthquake.

  • AMP Completes $3bn Ohio River Hydro Projects

    One of the largest hydropower development efforts in the United States, the projects include more than 300 MW of renewable generating capacity for 83 participating AMP member systems across five states.

  • Fires Prompt a Second Look at Tall Building Design

    A working group aims to create an international perspective and provide recommendations and guidelines for the next generation of tall buildings.

  • Poor Design and Construction Led to Oroville Dam Failure: Report

    An independent team of dam safety experts announced their interim findings on September 5 and urged tougher safety reviews nationwide.

  • Designer Furniture...Made from Cow Manure

    Determining that the material could be shaped and styled for this purpose, product design student Sanelisiwe Mafa used the material to create fully recyclable stools and designer flower pots.

  • CH2M Loses Boston Transit Contract

    The decision was not related to CH2M’s performance, according to published reports, but is based on its pending acquisition by Jacobs Engineering Group.

  • Vogtle Units to Move Forward, Georgia Power Says

    Georgia Power says it will continue work to complete the Vogtle Units 3 and 4 nuclear reactors with Southern Nuclear serving as project manager.

  • Flood-Prone Houston's Drainage Grid Is "Obsolete"

    The system is designed to drain 12 to 13 inches of rain per 24-hour period, said an environmental law professor at Rice University, calling that an "obsolete" standard.

  • A Virtual Vision of the Border Wall

    It’s widely known that President Trump is intent on building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. What might such a structure look like?

  • Lessons from French Engineers as Houston's Recovery Begins

    Gulf Coast energy assets are of strategic national importance and will require significant federal investment to mitigate risk. A few pointers from the French might not hurt.

  • Duke Seeks to Shelve Proposed Nuclear Units

    Duke cited the March bankruptcy of Westinghouse Electric Co., a unit of Toshiba Corp., and other market activity in its decision to scrap the proposed two-unit nuclear project.

  • Apple Bases Siri Support Center in Iowa

    The company plans to build a $1.3 billion, 400,000-square-foot data center to support users of iMessage, Siri, the App Store and other Apple services.

  • Mini Articulated Crane Travels on Crawler Tracks

    Jekko has launched the JF 545, an articulated crane with a self-propelled crawler chassis that can be operated by one person.

  • Vogtle Partner Asks DOE for More Money to Finish Nuke

    Oglethorpe Power officials said that its 30 percent share of project costs had risen from $5 billion to a range of $6.5 to $7.3 billion, including financing costs and contingency.

  • Might Harvey Hasten the Ike Dike?

    In April, more than 60 Texas officials asked the Trump administration for $15 billion to build a dike to protect Galveston Bay from hurricane storm surges.

  • New ClearFire®-CE Condensing Boiler Has Dual Returns, Achieves Up To 99% Efficiency

    ClearFire®-CE features an AluFer® heat exchanger and dual returns for near-perfect efficiency and system flexibility.

  • Augmented Reality Gives Field Technicians Remote Guidance from Off-site Experts

    A new partnership has been formed between Coresystems and SightCall.

  • JV Awarded Contract for $441M DC Bridge

    The South Capitol Corridor Project, one of Washington D.C.'s largest public infrastructure projects in history, includes replacing the existing Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge over the Anacostia River.

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