Using a modified method, Shimmick’s Legacy Foundations restarted work on the troubled perimeter pile upgrade of the ailing Millennium Tower in San Francisco.
“Building Material Selection and Use: An Environmental Guide” (BMEG) includes a database of 50 building materials and their properties.
Parts of the bill that drew industry opposition were nixed before it was passed.
President Joe Biden has issued a proclamation on adjusting imports of steel into the U.S.
Amazon’s 2.1-million-sq-ft Metropolitan Park office development near the nation’s capital could become a model for other large-scale sustainable projects. The building team is tracking a 15% reduction in embodied carbon in the project's 200,000 cu yd of concrete and the two 22-story buildings are on course to qualify as net-zero operational carbon.
The U.S. Commerce Dept. on Nov. 24 followed through with expected anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber, placing tariffs of 17.99% on their imports—more than twice the 8.99% rate imposed during the Trump administration.
Developer plans to establish a $100-million plant outside Bakersfield for its first-of-its-kind project, working with Fluor Corp. and gasification systems maker SunGas Renewables Inc.
Pleas from Canada and from U.S. contractors fail to dissuade the Biden administration.
SpeedCore leads the way in the American Institute of Steel Construction's Need for Speed campaign, which also includes SpeedFloor, SpeedConnection and speedier simple bridges.
A new tariff-rate quota arrangement will only impose duties on steel and aluminum imports from the EU beyond amounts based on demand.
Researchers in Missouri are deploying an additive derived from plastic straws, bags and bottles into a test road in hopes of increasing asphalt pavement life and environmental benefits.
Lightsource BP's 750,000-panel, 300-MW Bighorn Solar project will be fully online in November as a clean fuel source for the expanded plant.
The California Air Resource Board will have 18 months to develop a strategy for the state's cement sector to reach net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2045.
The steelmaker's line of products for construction are more sustainable because they will be made with renewable energy.
In an effort to combat heat gain in urban areas and mitigate the effects of climate change, researchers in Arizona are evaluating reflective coatings for roadways.
A record 62 cargo ships wait to dock at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as of Sept. 27, stuck floating off the California coast amid a supply chain crunch impacting contractor bottom lines for more than a year.
An analysis has projected the potential for reduced greenhouse gas emissions from cleaner concrete production even with increased use of the material.
Effort will explore recycling soils and fines back into cement binders for new concrete.
The company cites project losses among the causes of its financial trouble.
Unprecedented collaborative research on the seismic performance of steel floor and roof diaphragms has improved design methods and relevant standards used throughout the U.S. for steel structures.
The vertically integrated construction startup that sought to bring the myriad aspects of design, manufacturing and construction under one roof, is set to stop operations, according to media reports.
ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, recently introduced a program to offer certificates to customers that certify they have reduced their carbon footprint through the steelmaker’s own greenhouse-gas emission reductions.
Airfield pavement project is believed to be the largest aggregate application of its kind in North America.
Industry groups are lobbying for an end to tariffs, but without shipping certainty, it may not be enough.