Articles Tagged with ''Fire''

Construction work brought to a halt as air quality plummets; damage to infrastructure and property could top $150 billion

JF Ahern is a mechanical and fire protection contractor that's lasted 140 years in Fond Du Lac, Wis. The company was named ENR Midwest Specialty Contractor of they Year, in part, because it worked on projects in 10 of ENR Midwest’s 11 states last year.

Extremely dry and gusty conditions on Labor Day sparked 80 new fires in Oregon and Washington. 

JF Ahern, a mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineer with a strong array of prefabrication capabilities, is ENR Midwest Specialty Contractor of the Year.

There is good news for boosters of a modular system of tied dual-plate walls field-filled with concrete—dubbed SpeedCore for its potential to slash superstructure construction time compared to steel frames with reinforced concrete cores.

Continuing protests in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have had an impact on construction in some major U.S. cities.