Articles by Scott Lewis

While it’s common to take the U.S. Interstate Highway System for granted, it had a long gestation period before coming to fruition beginning in the mid-20th century.

Thornton Tomasetti co-founder and former CEO saw needs in project design and delivery and workforce skillbuilding until his Dec. 12 death

A flat muskeg maze-like landscape laced with ponds and streams isolated Whatì—a remote settlement of the Tłı̨chǫ First Nations people in Canada’s Northwest Territories—for much of the year.

Shea was known for tackling some of the most difficult tunneling work.

Vacant Sears store conversion at Rochester, N.Y., mall sliced six months off the construction schedule compared with starting from scratch.

His peak legislative impact came from 1995 through 2001 when he chaired the "House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, during which time he shepherded the landmark TEA-21 bill that authorized $198 billion over six years for highway and transit programs.

As rescue crews continue to dig out survivors from collapsed buildings in the wake of two severe earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, killing thousands, engineers' response efforts turn toward cataloguing and evaluating structures that failed or suffered significant damage.

The abandoned former Cook County Hospital building was a wreck. “The term ‘fully depreciated’ was an understatement,” says Kenneth Johnston, senior project manager with Walsh Construction.