Tag: Construction

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Harbinger of the future: The Suez Canal (Part 1)

Bridging East and West, the Suez Canal was a pinnacle of 19th-century infrastructure.

Limiting contingent payment clauses: A new trend?

Is limiting contingent payment clauses a new trend?

3D holograms offer alternative to 2D construction drawings

Can holograms replace construction drawings?

House passes $10-billion Water Resources Development Act, focus turns to Senate

The Water Resources Development Act would fulfill a longstanding goal of many infrastructure advocates.

Accelerating through adversity

Some critical civil engineering projects have been completed faster than expected during the pandemic. The culprit? Fewer people on the roads.

Balancing security and care

In creating this modern mental health center, the design team had to balance maximum security and patient care while also facing challenging site conditions and program requirements.

Sidebar: Civil support

The design and construction of the new Nixon Forensic Center represented big changes for the site of the new psychiatric hospital—both in terms of the modern facilities that were planned and the changes that were necessary to prepare the physical site for those facilities. Most dramatically, the site featured a 60 ft drop in elevation from its high end on the northeastern edge of...

Delivering a masterpiece

New York's new Kosciuzsko Bridge links Brooklyn and Queens, reshaping the skyline of the boroughs it connects.

Dream It. Believe It. Build It.

Civil engineers are society’s unsung heroes. But no hero has the same origin story. Tresor Moolo’s story begins in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a town where limited access to clean water drives a cycle of poverty and suffering.

Ethical codes must not hinder the rights of consumers

While the fundamental purpose of ethical codes is to protect the public health and welfare, they cannot place obstacles in the way of a consumer’s basic right to choice