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Self-Driving Trucks to Be Used in Florida Road Work Zones
The trucks use GPS waypoints and follow a lead car, mimicking its path, braking and speed.
ASTM Standard Would Measure Electrical Resistance of Fresh Concrete
The new standard is intended to show how to sample fresh concrete, prepare a specimen for evaluation and conduct the measurements.
Origami-Inspired Shelters for Military, Disaster Relief Efforts
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame are looking at origami paper folding in a new way—as a method to develop temporary buildings and shelters.
Chinese Nuclear Power Unit Connects to the Electric Grid
Unit 2 of the Fuqing nuclear power plant has connected to the electricity grid and is expected to enter commercial operation this year.
Omani Oil Producer to Install Solar Array to Extract Crude
The facility will be built at the Amal oilfield.
The Engineer as a Project Manager: Key Skills to Acquire
The challenge for many organizations is to find engineers who not only know their specialty and their industry, but who also can manage high-stake projects.
Construction Subcontract Labor Prices Advance in July, IHS Says
Materials and equipment prices continue to drag down overall construction costs. The headline index has not indicated rising costs since December 2014.
$4 billion Plan Unveiled to Rebuild NYC's LaGuardia Airport
Airport set to be transformed into a single, structurally unified main terminal with expanded transportation access and increased taxiway space.
Engineering Innovation at a Cancer Treatment Center
When it opens in 2016, the 14-story building in London will include stacked “villages”and innovative approaches to construction at a congested urban site.
Zinc Coating of Galvanized Steel Pipes Can Be Source of Lead in Water
Copper piping of a galvanized steel pipe installed upstream can worsen lead release from the steel's zinc coating.
Highway Noise Barriers Host Solar Energy System
Solar concentrators receive light and direct it to the edges of colored panels where traditional solar cells are located.
Vogtle Receives Final U.S. Loan Guarantees
The twin nuclear reactor units are being built using Westinghouse AP1000 technology.
Kinder Morgan Files Plan for LNG Export Project
If approved, the $8 billion project could export 1.5 Bcf/d from the Mississippi Gulf Coast by the end of 2021.
Canadian Standard Aims to Protect Underground Infrastructure
Standard to protect infrastructure such as pipelines, electrical and telecommunication cables, water and sewer lines.
Mexico's State Utility Launches Tenders for $10bn in Infrastructure Projects
Projects will add 1,442 MW to the country's electricity generation capacity; 2,385 km to its natural gas pipeline network; 122 km to the transmission network and 2,962 km to the distribution grid.
Total Petrochemicals to Build Cracker in Texas
Ethane cracker could enter service in 2019.
U.S. Should Focus on Locks and Waterways, Report Says
Calls for more targeted O&M investments for areas that are most in need of maintenance.
Innovative Foundation May Help Buildings Hover During an Earthquake
System would enable a building to “decouple” from the ground with as little as one second advance warning of a tremor.
Bosch and Daimler to Develop Automated Parking Systems
Intelligent infrastructure seen as a key enabler for autonomous vehicle parking applications.
Modeling Storm Surge to Better Protect the Texas Energy Coast
Researchers in the Computational Engineering and Sciences department at the University of Texas in Austin have been studying models and simulations of hurricanes like Ike in order to predict the consequences of floods and better prepare the Texas Gulf Coast for their effects.