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Research has raised concerns about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panels manufactured between the 1950s and 1970s.

A different prefabrication and modular construction sector came out of the pandemic. Ambitious startups such as Skender Manufacturing and Katerra folded in the last few years, while one major health care designer lamented an industrywide pullback that saw many of the suppliers they work with cut back on custom, by-project fabrication to standardize on products like headwalls and bathroom pods.

Demands from clients and labor shortages are forcing some contractors into other methods of creating building assemblies, driving new investments in prefabrication and modular construction techniques.

Structural materials have not changed all that much over the years, but a Florida company offers a new alternative.

Lock and Bridge reconstruction is a key component in a $1.4-billion master plan to secure the city’s major drinking water source, improve mobility and reduce flood risks.

Florida Dept. of Transportation's use of alternative approach to building breakwaters that has proven more effective and less expensive is the first test by a state- or federal-level agency.

The building team for the WTC’s plain petite theater, known as PAC NYC, tackled architectural, structural and logistical challenges to build the 129,000-sq-ft performance venue, with three reconfigurable performance halls and an exotic translucent marble skin.

The hastened work to reopen the highway involved numerous quick decisions by public and private sector participants.

After snags and a redesign, the team working on arresting significant future settlement of the 645-ft-tall condominium tower has declared the $100-million fix a success.

The team that built the 230,000-sq-ft addition to the American Museum of Natural History pulled all the stops to create a lobby atrium that evokes a canyon.