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BIM hops aboard $29.5B overhaul of Paris subway system
The $29.5 billion, 204-kilometer Grand Paris Express has been dubbed “the construction project of the century,” and to help ensure the modernization and expansion of the City of Light’s mass transit system goes as planned, engineering and construction teams alike are executing building information modeling(BIM). One of the more prominent […]
Hyperloop One sees 11 possible US routes
Propelled by disruptors like Peter Diamandis and Elon Musk, and backed by AECOM, ARUP, and BIG, the dream of swift ground transport across vast distances in minutes now seems within reach. Learn about Hyperloop One’s latest update to its global challenge.
Whatever happened to Illinois Tech’s Concrete Canoe? (pt 3)
Remember the team of Illinois Tech engineering students? They finally got to race their concrete canoe at the ASCE regionals in Milwaukee. How did they do? Will they move onto the finals? The final installment in our epic saga…
Four trends in efficient airport construction
There’s a desperate need for upgrades and expansions at airports across the nation. Dwight Pullen, senior vice president and director of the Aviation Center of Excellence for Skanska USA, reveals some of the ways his firm’s keeping pace with the increased amount of work.
Five biggest projects on Trump’s infrastructure list
The release of President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan is still “up in the air” as the president’s team strategizes on how to present it to congress. If the plan does go through, here are the five biggest projects in terms of investment on the administration’s priority list.
Aviation Q&A: Fortune still favors the bold
Chicago Dept. of Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans is an engineer and a builder, an award-winning manager of complex airport construction projects. For #InfrastructureWeek, we spoke with her about the market now and her upcoming talk at the BW Summit.
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