Video: Robot Legs Move Shanghai Building
Engineers in China have come up with a remarkable way of moving an 85-year-old building. Rather than demolish and rebuild the structure, they attached it to 198 robotic legs and ‘walked’ it to its new destination. The entire 7,600-tonne structure took 18 days to move itself 62 metres to its new location in Shanghai. The building – Lagena Primary School – needed to be moved to make way for a new commercial center. Meanwhile, the school will be transformed into a cultural education and heritage...
CU Denver new City Heights Residence Hall celebrates official “topping
JE Dunn/Stantec team to add first on-campus hall for first-year students Denver, CO- NYSE, TSX:STN- The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) recently reached a major milestone, as it celebrated its official “topping out” for its new City Heights Residence Hall and Learning Commons. The 182,000-square-foot residence hall, which will represent the first on-campus student housing complex for the university, will add approximately 555 beds to the center of the urban campus. The project...
Brockville General Hospital celebrates opening of Donald B. Green Tower
Brockville General Hospital celebrated the opening of its new Donald B. Green Tower and the completion of its Phase II Redevelopment Project recently. The inpatient tower, which has begun accepting patients, provides care teams with the up-to-date facilities needed to deliver advanced, patient-centered medical care. Stantec provided full architectural and interior design services, as well as mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering services. The Phase II Redevelopment Project com...
CFSEI Publishes Series of Beginner Technical Notes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) has developed a series of beginner Technical Notes for students and young engineers that provide fundamental information relating to cold-formed steel design. The series, which was authored by several cold-formed steel framing experts across the country, covers topics relating to steel production, framing fabrication and design principles. The beginner Technical Notes are free of charge to CFSEI members and are available for pu...
More Than 130 Building Projects Turn to LEED’s Safety First Credits in Response to COVID-19
Green building strategies are helping companies develop and measure healthy, sustainable and resilient reopening efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. – As companies, organizations and governments focus on safe and healthy reopening plans in response to the pandemic, more than 130 LEED projects have engaged the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Safety First pilot credits to support those efforts. The credits provide sustainable and healthy best practices that align with public health and industry gui...
Construction to commence on Australia’s largest commercial microgrid
An IKEA store in Adelaide, South Australia will soon become a community microgrid supplying energy from its rooftop array. The IKEA Australia Clean Energy Transformation Project will transition IKEA Adelaide to operating with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025, with the excess energy being placed back into the state power grid. The project, funded by $1.95 million from the South Australian Government’s Renewable Technology Fund, is being run in conjunction with Planet Ark Power, SA Powe...
GSA & DOE Seek Technologies for Healthy & Resilient Buildings
The U.S. General Services Administration’s Proving Ground (GPG) program, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain responses from vendors and other interested parties on resource-efficient technologies that improve commercial building health and resilience. This year’s RFI is focused on resource-efficient technologies that: Maintain Healthy Indoor Air with integrated solutions, including efficient ventilation strategie...
Performance-Based Structural Fire Design Guidance Published by American Society of Civil Engineers
Available to download for free RESTON, Va. – The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) has published Performance-Based Structural Fire Design: Exemplar Designs of Four Regionally Diverse Buildings using ASCE 7-16, Appendix E. This guidance, available free-of-charge to download, presents guidance for proper execution and potential benefits of structural fire protection. SEI received a research grant from the Charles Pankow Foundation for $2...
AISI Publishes Two New Cold-Formed Steel Research Reports
Photo Credit: Don Allen WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published two new cold-formed steel research reports: “RP20-4: Cold-Formed Steel Bracing Design Using Combinations of Discrete and Sheathing Bracing,” and “RP20-5: Structural Design Example – Four Span Metal Building Z-Purlin Line Supporting a Standing Seam Roof.” Both are available for free download at https://www.buildusingsteel.org and https://www.cfsei.org. “RP20-4: Cold-Formed Steel Braci...
EW Howell Construction Group Completes Restoration of Iconic Palm Dome of The New York Botanical Garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
Redesigned Palms of the World Gallery Reopened to the Public on Tuesday, September 22 (Bronx, N.Y. ) – EW Howell Construction Group, one of the region’s leading builders, has completed renovation work on the iconic palm dome of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in the Bronx, NY, which reopened to the public on September 22. “EW Howell has been privileged to work on projects that feature some absolutely stunning architectural design, and with input...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
