Federal Spending House Passes Spending Bill, $1.6B for Trump Border Wall Tom Ichniowski July 28, 2017 No Comments Multi-part measure also would boost military construction, Corps civil works budgets, but cut VA projects.Read More
Air-Rights Decision Allows Fenway Center Project to Advance in Boston Justin Rice July 26, 2017 No Comments A successful air-rights project has not been built over the Massachusetts Turnpike since Copley Place opened in downtown Boston in 1983.Read More
Sports Construction The Agonies of Building Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium And the exhilaration of creating the 'most complex roof' ever Nadine M. Post July 26, 2017 One Comment The ups and downs of designing and constructing an exotic convertible stadium roofRead More
Construction Accidents The Surprises in AGC's New Study of Construction Fatalities The safety report also contains several best-practice suggestions Jim Parsons July 26, 2017 2 Comments It’s a contractor’s worst nightmare—a jobsite fatality that might well have been prevented, simply by being a little more alert to an impending risk.Read More
JFK Airport Starts $10B Fix, With an RFP for Engineering Jim Parsons July 26, 2017 No Comments Delta Airlines is set to finance new terminal at New York's LaGuardia.Read More
A Tight Tunneling Feat To Transform LA Transit Aileen Cho July 24, 2017 No Comments Crews hit a milestone in the $1.7-billion Regional Connector project, which entails burrowing through an underground jungle of infrastructure.Read More
The 10 Largest Base-Isolated Buildings in the World Scott Lewis July 17, 2017 2 Comments ENR takes a look at some of the largest applications of base-isolation technologies in the world.Read More
Transit Construction NY Penn Station Expansion Finally Rolls Into Motion Tom Stabile July 13, 2017 No Comments Amid transit upgrades in New York City's "summer of hell," work proceeds to create heavenly spaces in one of the world's largest rail hubsRead More
Federal Buildings Senate Panel To Look Into Decision To Kill FBI Headquarters Project Plan includes new suburban D.C. FBI building, redeveloping downtown site Tom Ichniowski July 13, 2017 No Comments GSA and the FBI say funding is $882 million short of what's needed for the 2-million-sq-ft project.Read More
Mass. Legislators Delay Vote on Shadow Laws Justin Rice July 5, 2017 No Comments Massachusetts lawmakers delayed a vote to relax a 20-year-old state law restricting tall buildings from casting shadows on the Boston Common and Public Garden.Read More