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The Minnesota Zoo’s overhead monorail was decommissioned in 2013, but the rails installed in 1979 remained as a relic of a bygone era of overhead transportation—until BARR Engineering and Snow Kreilich Architects reimagined the route as the Treetop Trail.

A mix of creative problem solving, careful planning and lean management were key in delivering Denver’s newest drinking water treatment plant on time, under budget and without lost time safety incidents, said its project team.

Sitting vacant for decades, the Endicott Johnson Victory Shoe Factory had deteriorated into an eyesore before the team returned it to a symbol of local pride and prosperity.

Building a climate-controlled warehouse and logistics facility for United Therapeutics in North Carolina’s Research Triangle was a matter of power management and careful planning.

Reconstruction of the 1940s-era Spellacy covered bridge—one of America’s largest at 300 ft long and 24 ft wide—had a small price tag of $9.5 million but delivered a big impact.

At the outset of a 1.6-mile, multimillion-dollar Phase II light rail extension project in Phoenix, representatives from project owner Valley Metro Rail, Kiewit-McCarthy, Jacobs and other consultants convened to brainstorm value engineering ideas.

Engineering is already the fastest-growing field of study at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but its $73-million Advanced Engineering Building, which opened for classes last fall, could make more students change majors.

Protecting delicate and rare plants and trees from around the world was one of the challenges of building the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.

Brasfield & Gorrie was able to safely execute simultaneous construction of a 26-story office tower, 26-story residential tower and 14-story hotel on a tight site in urban Atlanta.

The team working on the project to expand a top-rated Mayo Clinic facility in Phoenix performed extensive prefabrication work that allowed the hospital not only to avoid disruptions to patient care by remaining open during construction but also shaved months off the schedule.