The modern visitors center at Houston’s Glenwood Cemetery, which was established in 1871, is respectful of its historical surroundings, its designer said.
While the crowds of summer tourists at Montana’s Glacier National Park begin to thin, construction crews are pushing to complete several much needed infrastructure projects that have been accelerated by recent federal funding.
When the project team for TSX Broadway—a partial demolition and significant renovation and rebuild of a theater district tower in New York City—wanted to perform a truly challenging feat of engineering, it called in Tony Mazzo at Urban Foundation/Engineering. Project developer L&L Holdings had a vision for the 110-year-old landmark Palace Theater that required it to be elevated 30 ft within the renovated tower’s footprint to create space for new street-level retail.
Crews removed a 92-year-old historic lantern room from atop a lighthouse in Scituate, Mass., due to concerns it could topple and injure storm chasers venturing to the lighthouse point to catch crashing waves.
The first new terminal in 40 years for the Washington State Dept. of Transportation-operated Washington State Ferries, the country’s largest ferry system, came with tricky site conditions and cultural significance that impacted both design and construction for a $187-million project split into multiple contracts to ensure on-time delivery.
Reports from key industry events across the Midwest including the topping out of BMO Tower and the release of Landmarks Illinois' annual list of most endangered historic and significant places
It took a modern Trench cutting methods and Remixing Deep (TRD) machine to help excavate three 18th-century sailing ships at the Robinson Landing site on the Alexandria, Va. waterfront.