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A 52-meter-long trail bridge across the Huaraca River in Bolivia serves as a lifeline for 1,260 people in the surrounding communities who previously were isolated during flood season. It was built in loving memory of 16-year-old Meredith Malone, who died of a sudden blood clot caused by oral contraceptives. 

Despite many upgrades with new technology for loaders,  excavators and cranes, manufacturers are still busy trying to solve a persistent safety problem: striking workers or pedestrians while moving in reverse.

Infrastructure Act funding will benefit U.S. megaprojects and their users, several in New York City, but one small job by its standards has had a big impact—and similar ones across the country deserve more investment attention.

An oft-overlooked source of productivity data is your project's daily log.

Despite progress being made in construction's digital transformation, roadblocks still persist.

Technology can enable decarbonization if industry leaders embrace it and the goals of COP26.

Contractors will need to better plan and keep track of project information to utilize the stream of revenue made available by the infrastructure bill.

The painful development, and the glories as well, of American construction.

In COVID-19's early stages, construction firms counted on field crews to become virologists virtually overnight to keep jobsites open. If companies can change overnight to stamp out the virus, why can’t they do the same for racism and other forms of bias?