As city buildings get taller, architects and designers have been grappling with the problem of overshadowing and working to avoid creating sunless, gloomy spaces in the streets below.
Now one new development near Sydney's Olympic Park has come up with...
Photo: Only a temporary footbridge for workers spans the Muddy Brook. The busy commuter route linking Williston and South Burlington is expected to reopen by December. VBM Photo.
Contractors busy while managing ongoing COVID-19 uncertainties
by Olga Peters, Vermont Business Magazine “No one here...
Hundreds more Covid cases have emerged overnight after authorities issued a stern warning to the construction industry, with one-third of Saturday’s 450 cases linked to the sector. Victoria has recorded 392 new Covid cases, with 107 of those linked...
Investing in new technologies is always a risk, given the high failure rate of startups and the speed at which even newer technology emerges. This is particularly true of Construction Technology, with literally thousands of products and processes that...
Is it possible for an entire building material category to achieve carbon neutrality?
The Portland Cement Association believes so, with some time and a lot of hard work. Rick Bohan, PCA's Vice President of Sustainability, outlines the primary opportunities for...
In a “stronger together” strategy that will elevate service, design, and positive impact to clients and communities throughout California, HMC Architects is pleased to announce it has acquired Sacramento-based architecture firm Rainforth Grau Architects (RGA). An architecture firm with a...
Kindergarten crisis in Sofia prolonged by delayed construction
10,000 kids failed to find a place in the overcrowded municipal kindergartens this summer and the construction of new facilities is very slow
Yesterday, during a meeting of the Sofia Municipal Council a...
A private company controlled by one of Singapore's richest families, construction machinery and equipment supplier Tutt Bryant, legally pocketed $5.4 million in JobKeeper payments while it increased its revenue and profits.
Key points:
Private and public firms that have profited during the pandemic still...
When father of five Jeff Tekii felt his mental health deteriorating a few weeks ago, he didn't know who to turn to for help.
Key points:
Jeff is one of thousands of young men across Australia who suffer from mental health issues
He reached...
For those who survived the initial impact of two passenger jets that slammed into the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, the nightmare was just beginning.
The simplest of escape routes were the stairwells.
To get out of twin towers,...
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