Two pairs of double-shield tunnel-boring machines break the mold in shaping Norway’s new high-speed railroad between Oslo and Ski.

Five finalists of an international design competition for affordable infill housing on scattered “sliver” sites owned by New York City, are entering a capacity building phase with the city to convert their designs into viable development proposals.

As predicted, the Erection Co. topped out Seattle’s 850-ft-tall Rainier Square Tower, with its radical composite steel frame dubbed “speed core,” in only 10 months.

The Sound Transit project requires unique solutions and special materials.

Geopolitical tensions and economic nationalism are now posing a threat to the slowly recovering global design market.

Although global supply is not running out, some developing regional markets struggle with sand supply problems.

The repercussions from the fire tragedy at Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people in a London high-rise in June 2017, continue to spread through the world of building fire safety.

The focus of IBHS outreach in 2019 is calling out details of landscaping, construction materials, and the assembly of decks, roofs, siding, soffits and vents as ignition-point risks when seeded by wind-blown embers. It also is looking at the fire resistance of manufactured lumber, versus natural materials.

The World Bank report says making infrastructure strong, more able to respond to natural disasters and regular stressors saves $4 to every $1 spent.

Tanazanian president says $50 million in compensation for people displaced by Belt and Road Initiative project was diverted to individuals in Dar es Salaam.