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Army Corps to Require Design Teams to Consider Mass Timber
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requiring a mass timber structural option to be considered at the design stage of all of its vertical construction projects going forward.
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$1.5B London Tunnel Team Saves Time Using ‘Air Skates’ for Boring Machine U-Turn
Cross passages between both bores of London’s 0.7-mile Silvertown tunnel are nearing completion, marking the end of excavations on the River Thames crossing.
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First Pedestrian Cable-stayed Swing Bridge in US Coming in 2027, Says Team
The pedestrian-only crossing would span the Ashley River between downtown Charleston, S.C., and the West Ashley neighborhood.
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Seattle’s Living Laboratory Tests Novel Low-Carbon Building Materials
Veteran structural engineer Don Davies has donned an owner-developer’s hat to demonstrate how to drastically reduce embodied carbon in buildings.
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UK Shutters 104 Schools Over Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Concerns
Research has raised concerns about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panels manufactured between the 1950s and 1970s.
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Manufacturers of Prefab Tackle a Skeptical Marketplace
A different prefabrication and modular construction sector came out of the pandemic. Ambitious startups such as Skender Manufacturing and Katerra folded in the last few years, while one major health care designer…
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Contractors Make a Bet on Prefab and Modular
Demands from clients and labor shortages are forcing some contractors into other methods of creating building assemblies, driving new investments in prefabrication and modular construction techniques.
