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Video: Under a Collapsed Building

I’m in Mexico City a week after the earthquake and this is our first day assisting a local engineering team. A seven-story concrete office building has collapsed. They call it Site 286. More than 40 people died here, probably the largest number of fatalities…

Civil Engineers Gather Resilience Data in Mexico Post Earthquake

November 15, 2017 - in Land Development

Mexico City – The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Resilience Division (IRD) has a team of experts in Mexico City, Mexico this…

Motherboard Investigates the Uncertain Future of Nuclear Cleanup in America

Inside Colorado's Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a former Superfund site that embodies the painful past and uncertain future of nuclear cleanup…

Seoul Transforms Aging Overpass into Skygarden

Seoul has embraced a series of urban-planning projects to make public spaces more attractive to pedestrians. The latest is Seoullo 7017, an old highway overpass that has been converted into a garden in the sky. Much like New York City's Highline, the…

Materials Industry Members Prod Congress to Fix Trust Fund as Part of Tax Measure

October 3, 2017 - in Land Development, Site preparation

The National Stone Sand & Gravel Association used a Sept. 24-28 legislative and policy forum in Washington, D.C., to try to build support for an effort to use tax reform discussions to find a long-term revenue stream to close the projected shortfall in…

Atlas Copco Wins Orders in Kazakhstan for Highly Productive Mining Operations

October 3, 2017 - in Land Development

Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has won recent orders from Kazakhmys Corporation, a leading copper producer in Kazakhstan. The mining equipment will enhance the customer’s productivity, safety and…

Journal from Ground Zero: Death, Sadness and Mariachi Music

September 28, 2017 - in Featured, Land Development

Mexico City Earthquake Day 1: Death, sadness and mariachi music I crawl through a bunch of cracked concrete, twisted reinforcing bars and pancaked furniture. Overhead, the concrete deck is getting narrower and narrower as I progress the gap in this collapsed…

Global Seismic Expert Heads to Mexico

September 26, 2017 - in Featured, Land Development

MEXICO CITY—At the request of private sector businesses and government entities, earthquake structural engineering experts from the global firm Miyamoto International have arrived in Mexico City to assist with critical assessments and recovery plans.  …

Mexico Earthquake: Why So Many Buildings Failed

September 25, 2017 - in Featured, Land Development

Why do buildings fail? Which buildings in your community are dangerous? Read Miyamoto’s official tech report on the Sept. 19 Mexico earthquake that collapsed at least 44 buildings in far-away Mexico City alone. Below you’ll also find news links to…

CDOT Completes Fiber Optic Installation on US 160 East of Wolf Creek Pass

September 22, 2017 - in Land Development

SOUTHWEST COLORADO—Crews have completed a five-month project on US Highway (US) 160 Wolf Creek Pass for which they installed 95,000 feet of fiber optic cable. Other work on this $4.5 million project included: installing 54 manholes; milling and repaving;…