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Two structural engineers, originally from Puerto Rico, mobilized a team to inspect houses, at no cost to owners, damaged in the island's Jan. 7 quake.

Engineer successfully executed untested jacking procedure to remove 21-in. lean from the 3,000-ton structure

Forensic engineer brings a level head and reassuring competence to a dangerous New Orleans building collapse site

Pressure-cooker job meets its immovable deadline to open arena for Metallica concert

Bold man of steel­work ushers in an era of faster-to-erect tall buildings

After delays that threatened to push the project into 2021, the City of New Orleans announced on Jan. 17 that the partially collapsed structure of the unfinished, 18-story Hard Rock Hotel will be brought down in a controlled demolition in late March, under a new plan to be submitted by demolition contractor D.H. Griffin Cos.

The $330-million Watermark project is transforming an historic hotel into a senior living residence with elite amenities

The first building in phased construction of the Lucid Motors plant, an investment of $300-plus million on a 500-acre site, should begin between April and June of this year.