Architecture and Construction

Bridges in Trouble: Diagnosing Their Ills from a Distance

Ahlborn, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, leads a team of two dozen Michigan Technological University researchers working to identify the…

NIST Launches New Competition for Research Facility Construction Grants

The NIST grants will fund new or expanded facilities for scientific research in fields related to measurement science, oceanography, atmospheric research or…

City as Ecosystem: New Models for Sustainable Cities and Landscapes

Emphasizing the city as ecology, or ecosystem, Luoni and his colleagues in the University of Arkansas Community Design Center lead the movement toward…

Antarctica: Neumayer Station III successfully raised

The snow and ice surface in the Antarctic grows continuously so the research station has to be raised annually. The construction concept and technology prove…

Heat-resistant adhesive for building work

The Metropol Parasols will be the new centerpiece of Plaza de la Encarnación in Seville. As well as being an eye-catching work of art, the mushroom-like…

Engineers help secure California highways and roads

The wall was put to test recently by engineers at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, which has the largest outdoor shake table in the…

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