Four or five years ago, just as the industry was emerging from the recession, PCL Construction Services Inc. President Deron Brown and his team decided to invest in a project-delivery software called PartsLab.

Architect Robbie Ferris is on a mission to alter radically the delivery model and performance of K-12 schools.

On Dec. 28, crews placed the final concrete shell in the Olmsted Locks and Dam.

Getting 3D-printing technology to work for construction has been a struggle for decades. 

Designing to address climate change will require a paradigm shift for engineers who must plan for rainfall, floods, drought and sea-level rise without historical models to guide them.