Hyperloop technology took an important step forward and Hyperloop One already has the engineering partners in place to make its new technology a reality.
A three-day conference providing demonstrations, presentations and networking by firms inventing, piloting and implementing technologies to address construction’s future left attendees bullish on tech prospects for the construction industry and heading home with ideas to deploy.
As public spending ramps up, design firms in the Midwest will continue to reap increased work. But as recoveries go, this one is a long, old row to hoe.
AECOM, ranked No. 1 on ENR's Top 500 Design Firms list, disrupted engineering-sector size norms when it purchased URS Corp. in 2014. Now it is moving forward in its link with mega-disruptor Elon Musk, and others, to design test tracks for his Hyperloop transportation system concept.
An Australian-based safety-audit app built its user base from the bottom up by offering its service for free and gaining grassroots adoption through the workers closest to the action.
The expansion of transportation infrastructure continues to be the common denominator across regions experiencing robust growth and urbanization as well as those seeking to stimulate or diversify their economic profile.
Faced with economic uncertainty and political unrest in many parts of the world, major global firms are banking on their regional diversity to find pockets of opportunity.