AEC Excellence Awards 2019 Winners: Nine Projects Reveal How Far We’ve Come
When it comes to the AEC industry, projects come in all shapes and sizes. So does the innovative use of technology—whether it’s for an arena, a bridge, a metro line, or a mixed-use development. That’s why Autodesk’s AEC Excellence Awards honor the small, medium, and large-sized projects for infrastructure design, building design, and construction that are making an impact with advanced approaches and pioneering achievements. They’re reflective of how far we’ve come and inspire us all to do even...
ACEC Sets Bold New Course With Strategic Plan Promoting the Essential Value of Engineering to Society
Washington, DC - The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) – the association of the nation’s engineering industry – adopted an aggressive new strategic plan this week that will support the industry’s critical role in addressing climate change, transportation safety, sustainable energy and other priorities in the built environment. The plan puts greater emphasis on research to drive thought leadership and proactive advocacy to assist policymakers and the industry to develop innovative...
‘Science Gateway’ Emerges from Former Naval Compound
Maryland’s Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center opened in August 2019. The hospital cost $400 million and will include 180 private patient rooms. Image Courtesy of Adventist HealthCare A new hospital in Maryland’s Montgomery County is part of a master plan to rejuvenate a long-neglected neighborhood. When the Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center opened in Maryland in August 2019, it became the newest addition in the development of a parcel that has arisen from the...
Video: How to Restore an Earthquake-Destroyed UNESCO Heritage Palace
Originally built in 1908, Gaddi Baithak reflects the influence that European architecture had on Nepal at that time. Primarily composed of brick with alternating mud and lime mortar layers, the building includes a double-height great hall with timber trusses, wood-framed ceilings and floors and minimal use of steel for connections above the ceiling. Two box-like appendages on either end of the hall include mezzanines. The south face of the building features a terrace with six sets of double colu...
Engineers Mull Cause of Bridge Collapse
The Nanfangao Bridge in Yilan County’s Suao Township is pictured after the bridge collapsed yesterday morning. Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times Yesterday’s collapse of the Nanfangao Bridge (南方澳橋) in Yilan County might have been due to rusted anchoring points, Taipei Technology College of Engineering dean Sung Yu-chi (宋裕祺) said. Video footage showed that the vertical cable at the center of the bridge’s steel arch was the first to snap, Sung said. However, the bridge is sus...
50-State Scorecard Reveals States Are Ramping Up Clean Energy
Washington, DC — A rising number of states are showing US leadership on clean energy by adopting ambitious goals and energy-saving rules for buildings, appliances, and vehicles, according to the 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released today by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. This 13th annual report identifies the leaders – Massachusetts and California; the most-improved states, notably Maryland; the states that lost ground such as Kentucky; and those lagg...
U.S. Department of Transportation Overhauls Century-Old Rule
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today published an updated federal rule to give states more flexibility and choice in which products or services can be used on federally funded highway projects. The change is intended to improve safety and increase efficiency while saving taxpayer dollars. “This much-needed update of a century-old, obsolete rule will benefit state transportation infrastructure projects and save millions of taxpayer do...
New Construction Report Reveals the “Data Ownership Battle” Between Project Owners and Contractors
Both Owners and Contractors Recognize the Advantages of a Connected Platform that Integrates Data for Construction New York – September 25, 2019 – A ground-breaking new study by Dodge Data & Analytics in collaboration with construction technology provider e-Builder, a Trimble Company, reveals the unintended consequences of increased adoption of project management software by project owners and the impact it has when contractors use their own, disconnected software workflows. The stud...
Duke Energy — America’s Largest Utility — Sets Net-Zero Climate Goal
BERKELEY, CA— Duke Energy, the largest U.S. power utility, announced today a major commitment to address climate change by setting a target to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with an interim target of 50 percent carbon emission reductions by 2030. Lila Holzman, energy program manager of As You Sow, has this to say about the announcement: “Investors commend this important commitment by Duke to address its climate impact in alignment with global Paris goals. We look forward to seei...
Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement: Engineers Explain Methods Used on the Seabrook Strauss Bascule Bridge
By Gregory P. Taravella, P.E., and James W.H. Costigan, E.I. The Seabrook Bridge is a Strauss Heel-Trunnion Bascule Bridge located in New Orleans and owned by the Port of New Orleans. Built in 1923, the through-truss bridge originally carried two railroad tracks inside the trusses and two single-lane roadways cantilevered outside the trusses. The bridge is one of three duplicate bridges that cross the Inner Harbor-Navigation Canal (IH-NC), which links the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
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February Issue 2026
