Articles Tagged with ''construction''

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two executive orders requiring the state to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 28% over 1990 levels by 2025 and be carbon neutral by 2050. If she loses reelection in 2022, a future governor could rescind the mandates,

The premise of a digital twin has become confused in an engineering and construction world with several levels of analysis and approval. How best does a fully digital representation of what will be a physical building or infrastructure asset illuminate its construction process? Is it really as easy as seeing how an exhaust port that goes right to a vessel's main reactor might be a problem?

ENR Midwest's finalists for Project of the Year are a Populous-designed sports stadium with a stunning PTFE roof and sides that evokes Minnesota's northern lights, the latest in acoustic technology at a new music venue at the University of Wisconsin and a twisting, scenic pedestrian bridge in Dublin, Ohio.

An document filed by Chicago says the $8.5-billion revamp of O'Hare International Airport may be delayed as airline revenue, a key funding source, has been decimated by the pandemic, but the Chicago Dept. of Aviation says the new Studio-Gang-designed global terminal, the centerpiece of the revamp, will stay on track.

Ford Motor Co. and contractor Devin Industrial Group have already begun construction on a $700-million, 500,000-sq-ft gas-electric hybrid Ford F-150 manufacturing plant at the company's 100-year-old Rouge Center in Dearborn, Mich. The first trucks are expected to come off the line by late 2021.

ENR Midwest names 32 winners in its 2020 Best Projects competition. All Best Project winners are automatically eligible for ENR's Best of the Best competition.

Agency's gas-tax revenue collection in March through May fell due to COVID-19 impacts, which could affect project starts through 2026.

A safety expert from the region has selected ENR New England's 2020 Best Projects safety award winners.

Data from tech tools such as Procore, Smartvid.io and others are helping firms understand what's going on in state economies and work through the new restrictions. Some are even thriving.