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This section covers the procurement, financing, site preparation, and project delivery types for different sectors of infrastructure, including: buildings, infrastructure and industrial works.

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Mind-bending Job to Shape Exposed Shotcrete Structure of Gilder's Curvy 'Canyon'

Nadine Post
Nadine M. Post
May 3, 2023
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The team that built the 230,000-sq-ft addition to the American Museum of Natural History pulled all the stops to create a lobby atrium that evokes a canyon.


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When ENR Editors Head For Disaster Zones

Richard Korman
Richard Korman
April 26, 2023
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ENR editors are known for their prolific and sometimes challenging overseas travel, especially in reporting on disasters of all kinds.


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Natural Disasters

Turkey Digs Out From a Catastrophe

Technical experts say quakes’ death toll and destruction were made worse by systemic problems in the nation’s building industry
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Pam McFarland
April 11, 2023
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Technical experts say quakes’ death toll and destruction were made worse by systemic problems in the nation’s building industry.


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Research & Development

U. of Arkansas Wins $3.5M Grant to Expedite Remote Military Work

Funding will help further explore 3D printing methods
Daniel Tyson
Daniel Tyson
April 10, 2023
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One goal of the research is to identify optimum design patterns from native materials that can be used for 3D-printed horizontal construction at remote sites.


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Tunnels

Sinking Ground Slows $5.4B Australia Tunnel Boring Project

Peter Reina
Peter Reina
March 17, 2023
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Pumped storage hydro owner Snowy Hydro says tunnel integrity has not been compromised, but contractors are taking precautions.


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Structural Engineering

Steel Group Publishes Design Guide for SpeedCore

Modular shear-wall core system touted as safer, simpler and faster to build than a concrete core
Nadine Post
Nadine M. Post
February 23, 2023
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Novel high-rise shear-wall core system, consisting of tied steel-plate modules that are field-filled with concrete, has been used on two buildings.



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Mind the Interfaces: A Primer on Offsite Fabrication

Gary Fischer, PE
February 8, 2023
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To reduce project cost and schedule length while addressing the skilled labor shortage, many owners and contractors are moving work from the construction site to a fabrication facility.


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Building Repairs

First Load Transfer a Success at Troubled Millennium Tower in San Francisco

Nadine Post
Nadine M. Post
January 30, 2023
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The team for the revised pile upgrade of the 645-ft-tall residential building expects to complete the work to stem settlement by the end of September.


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Overcoming Challenges, Step by Step, to Build Banff Footbridge

Johanna Knapschaefer
Johanna Knapschaefer
December 29, 2022
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Completion of slender 260-ft clear span Nancy Pauw Bridge in Banff National Park fulfills a 108-year vision for the Town of Banff, Alberta.


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Environment

Study: Soil Microbes Can Help Stabilize Buildings in Earthquakes

Findings suggest a process using bacteria could be less carbon-intensive than traditional approaches
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Pam McFarland
December 23, 2022
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New research suggests that augmenting natural processes in soils can be a sustainable approach to stabilizing buildings in quake-prone zones. 


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