The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Charles Pankow Foundation are beginning a $230,000 research project intended to advance the use of performance-based structural fire engineering.

Parsons Corp. has been named the EPC partner for development of a proposed $3.4-billion regional underground storage facility for natural gas liquids and derivatives.

The city of Detroit has shut off drinking water in all public schools after officials found high levels of lead and copper in samples from 16 out of 24 schools tested.