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Sustainable upgrade underway for Frank Lloyd Wright’s desert masterpiece

Construction Specifier

Photo by Andrew Pielage/courtesy Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Integrated design firm, Sasaki will lead a comprehensive sustainability plan for Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Ariz. Emphasis will be placed on sustainable design to lessen the impact on the ecologically sensitive Sonoran Desert.

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Researchers Develop Safety Monitoring System for Construction Sites

Civil + Structural Engineer

University of Houston computer scientists have developed a new system to keep construction workers safe at job sites. Many were struck by a vehicle or mobile machinery on construction sites. By tracking their location, we can monitor location-based policies related to the safety of workers and equipment in construction sites.”

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Under Water?

Civil + Structural Engineer

Climate Change Imperils Some Wastewater Treatment Plants – And Their Workers By Thomas Renner Climate change is being felt all around the world, even in some areas that escape attention. Falls are common at water treatment plants, and plants struggling to adjust to climate change are even more perilous.

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Mass Timber Supporting Groundbreaking Architectural Design: Wisdome Stockholm

Civil + Structural Engineer

The concept for the Wisdome began in 2019 with a design for a free form timber grid structure constructed of five crossing layers with a maximum length of 47-meters. These beams were precisely assembled on-site, achieving a remarkable margin of error of less than 1-mm.

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Discover the Latest News on Water Utility Construction and Construction Insurance Capacity

Construction Daily News

Meanwhile, according to a WTW analysis, the capacity levels in the global construction insurance market are noticeably rising and are getting close to what was observed in 2019 during the previous soft market cycle. Climate change has weakened the water delivery system, and California officials say it delivers less water than before.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

BDC Network

Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization Solidifying a decarbonization plan via an “asset drawdown strategy” that carefully considers both capital and operating costs represents a game-changing opportunity for existing properties to compete with new projects.

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Roads Online

Managing Director Mark Wansbrough outlines the company’s plans. SRE Managing Director Mark Wansbrough says the company has rich roots in product development, in part thanks to the company’s early days more than 20 years ago. Another big change was filling some niches with new products.