What We're Reading: Page 256
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Mar 23, 2018
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Curbed
Obama library in Chicago, in effort to be a new kind of presidential center, proves contentious
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DesignBoom
Hickok Cole Architects demonstrates the viability of mass timber high-rise in the US
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Concrete Construction
New ASTM International Standard Supports Use of Stucco in Construction
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Slate
Uber self-driving car’s fatal crash raises questions about our infrastructure’s readiness
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Commercial Property Executive
SoCal Mixed-Use Project Breaks Ground
Mar 22, 2018
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Curbed
Waldorf Astoria conversion moves forward with filing for 352 condos
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Morgan County Herald
BWC rolls out workplace wellness program at Beverly chamber meeting
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Engineering News-Record
Javits Center Expansion Aims to Defy Conventions
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
Women at Work: 'Pre-Apprenticeships' Boost Female Construction Workers
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Wall Street Journal
India Finds Bodies of 39 Construction Workers Kidnapped in Iraq
Mar 21, 2018
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Electrek
Watch Tesla Autopilot surprisingly handle a construction zone with the new update
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Denver7
Wood-frame apartments are cheaper to build, but fire risks increase
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Dezeen
Adjaye and Cullinan working on ideas for Grenfell Tower estate
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Curbed
Trump infrastructure cuts ‘debilitating’ to public transit, say local officials
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Ars Technica
An inside look at how Sweden is building the world’s second-longest tunnel
Mar 20, 2018
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The San Francisco Examiner
BART’s tunnel vision: Is it visionary enough?
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Slate
The Florida bridge collapse shows how accelerated bridge construction can go wrong.
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Smart Cities Dive
Los Angeles hired its first chief design officer. Will other cities follow suit?
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The Sun Daily
Workers unearth more than 100 bombs at Bangkok construction site
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Snopes
FACT CHECK: Was an All-Female Construction Company Responsible for the FIU-Sweetwater Bridge Collapse?
Mar 19, 2018
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Politico
Engineer of FIU bridge reported cracks in structure to FDOT days before collapse
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Los Angeles Times
Huntington Beach man accused of faking engineering documents for construction projects throughout Southern California
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LiveScience
Real-Life Pot o' Gold Discovered During Dutch Construction Project
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Thomson Reuters Foundation
U.S. government needs to do more to climate-proof communities, say experts
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ConstructConnect
20 Major Upcoming Hotel/Motel and Retail/Shopping Center Construction Projects
Mar 16, 2018
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Bisnow
A Woman’s Place Is Slowly But Surely Becoming The Construction Site
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Engineering News-Record
East Coast Nor’easters Amplify Calls for Resilient Building Code Regulations
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CityLab
Why L.A.'s Mayor Just Hired an Architecture Critic
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Denverite
Construction sites do carry inherent fire risks, but deaths are rare in the U.S.
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Safety+Health Magazine
New OSHA fact sheet: Safety walkarounds for owners and management
Mar 15, 2018
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Bisnow
The Wharf's General Contractor Sues Project's Architect For $5M
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Education Dive
Groups step in to coordinate high school apprenticeships
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Dezeen
Paris garden skyscraper by SOM will be "one of the most sustainable buildings in Europe”
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Variety
Construction Launches for George Lucas’ L.A. Museum at Groundbreaking Ceremony
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Chicago Tribune
$2 billion Riverline mega-development divides into separate residential projects