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Broker and consultant Ames & Gough talks about excess coverage for architects and engineers.

Green trucks were everywhere at this year's Work Truck Show—especially big trucks.

Prewar lift bridges are feats of engineering, but they also contain hidden dangers that need to be managed.

Advocates of energy benchmarking say that the practice, currently occurring in a handful of cities in the United States, potentially could lead to nothing less than a market transformation in the commercial building sector.

Long-term highway-transit proposals hit more bumps in House and Senate.

For owners in building projects involving construction management contracts with a guaranteed maximum price, it's wise to look over any payment applications carefully. How do I know? A few days ago I chatted by phone with Phil Ramacca, senior managing director of auditing and accounting consultant David S. Landau &

Have a thirst for data on skyscrapers? The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat expects to quench it through a new web page, called the Skyscraper Center. The site is a repackaging of information, including tall building lists, previously available on the council's website, with some nifty new interactive features

Water, water everywhere but soon, not a drop to drink, unless water guzzlers, including botanic gardens and golf courses, take action.

The latest from the U.S. Green Building Council on how to comment and vote on the next version of its green building rating system.

Cities cannot be truly sustainable without urban agriculture. But the concept is foreign to most people. Luckily, Mr. New Urbanist, Andres Duany, has taken up the cause for agricultural urbanism.