Amtrak announced today it will be entering into the procurement phase in early 2023 to select a contractor for the construction of a new Connecticut River Bridge, which will be delivered via design-bid-build delivery method. The bridge replacement will allow for better reliability and decreased delays for travelers due to trains traveling on more modern infrastructure. As part of a
Building on the success of last year’s live interactive event which attracted an audience of more than 1,000 Finning customers and industry colleagues from the construction, aggregates and waste sectors from across the UK and Ireland.
Finning, authorised dealer of Cat® equipment and parts in the UK and Ireland, is giving customers an exclusive chance to talk to industry experts
As COP27 comes around, construction professionals may be wondering what’s involved in becoming a chartered environmentalist. Kristina Smith talks to four CIOB members who have done just that
For Melvin Keyani, QEHS director at M&E specialist Cilantro, sustainability and environmental issues are a hands-on affair. He once ran his own building company and is
Wildfires may seem unpredictable, leaving random ruin in their wake.
CSU engineers have developed a model that can predict how wildfire will impact a community down to which buildings will burn. They say predicting damage to the built environment is essential to developing fire mitigation strategies and steps for recovery.
For years, Hussam Mahmoud, a Civil and Environmental Engineering professor,
Fall safety continues to be the top job site hazard, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Top 10 Safety Violations report. This makes fall protection the top citation for the 12th year in a row, with 5,260 reported violations this fiscal year.
Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, presented the list at the National
By Levi Sciara, P.E.
Eighteen years ago, in September of 2004, the winds and torrential rains of Hurricane Ivan battered against the face of Baptist Health Care’s (BHC) E-Street campus in Pensacola, Florida. The aftermath of the storm left the campus flooded, waterless, and debilitated to a point of disrepair, leading to years of lingering problems such as a compromised
