In the early 1970s, a flashy promotional campaign launched Fairfield Glade, a private retirement enclave atop East Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. It was the first step of a marathon project that developers likely knew would take generations to complete,…
Poll Shows Strong Partisan Divide on Border Wall Funding, Strong Bipartisan Support for Broad Infrastructure Initiative
(WASHINGTON) - While a new national poll shows only 43 percent of likely voters support using federal dollars to build “a wall or physical barrier…
SOM’s Design for Alárò City is Launched in Nigeria
London, UK. On Tuesday, January 29th, Africa’s largest urban developer, Rendeavour, in partnership with the Lagos State Government, broke…
New Milestone: Demand for Renewable Electricity Surpasses 500 TWh in Europe
For the first time renewable energy demand in Europe surpasses 500 TWh - or half a billion Guarantees of Origin (GOs),” says Tom Lindberg, Managing Director in ECOHZ, commenting on 2018 statistics from the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB).”If…
AISC Seeks Volunteers Nationwide for 2019 Student Steel Bridge Competition Events
The Student Steel Bridge Competition (SSBC) has been one of AISC’s most educational and impactful programs for college students for more than 30 years. This is your chance to get involved and support the next generation of design and construction professionals!…
Constructible Models: Lead to Time and Cost Efficiencies in Building a Particleboard Plant
The main concrete structure can be seen in this overall model view. From its blank canvas in Grayling, Mich., a year ago, the site of ARAUCO’s new particleboard operation has transformed into a vibrant construction project. A leader in sustainable-forest…
FMI Releases 2019 FMI Overview, Featuring FMI’s Latest Forecast, the 2019 U.S. and Canada Construction Outlooks
RALEIGH, N.C. - FMI Corporation, the leading provider of management consulting and investment banking services to engineering and construction, infrastructure and the built environment, is pleased to announce the release of its "2019 FMI Overview," featuring…
New Report Identifies Corrosion as Major Threat to Public Health
HOUSTON - NACE International, the nonprofit association and leading resource for corrosion expertise and education, today released its Spotlight on Corrosion Report: The Critical Need for Corrosion Management in the Water Treatment Sector. Based…
APAC to Drive Global Distribution Transformers Market Over Next Four Years, says GlobalData
Asia-Pacific (APAC) will continue to lead the distribution transformers market of the global power sector with a share of 48% and reach $6.94bn in 2022, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report, ‘Distribution…
Federal Shutdown Impacting Project Planning for State DOTs
As the partial shutdown of the federal government over border wall funding stretches past 20 days, some state departments of transportation are beginning to curtail planning for new projects while several mass transit systems are scrambling as many rely on…
