Earthquake Structural Engineers Arrive in Haiti's Earthquake Disaster Zone
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Earthquake structural engineers and disaster recovery experts from Miyamoto International arrived in southern Haiti’s disaster zone on Monday to assist with damage assessments, urban search and rescue, and recovery strategies after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the island on Saturday. The epicenter of the quake was approximately 125 kilometers (80 miles) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Jeremie, Les Cayes, and Baradères were three of the most severely damaged urban a...
Death toll of powerful earthquake in Haiti soars to 1,297
A woman carries her child as she walks in the remains of her home destroyed by Saturday´s 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn) LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off franctic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm. Saturday’s earthquake also left...
New ASCE Manual of Practice 144 Provides a Framework to Plan and Design for Hazards
Reston, Va. – Natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms, affect a large portion of the world’s population. Infrastructure resilience and sustainability are critical system characteristics to prepare and endure as a society. ASCE’s new book, Hazard-Resilient Infrastructure: Analysis and Design, MOP 144, provides guidance and underlying framework for creating consistency across hazards, systems, and sectors in the design of new infrastructure systems and in enhancing the...
Stantec completes infrastructure improvements for Quay Sarasota
The project positions the area for the next phases of waterfront development in downtown Sarasota, Florida SARASOTA, FL - TSX, NYSE:STN: Leading global design firm Stantec has completed infrastructure improvements in Sarasota, Florida as part of Quay Sarasota—a new mixed-use waterfront district positioned on a 14-acre downtown site on Sarasota Bay. The project includes roadway and infrastructure improvements to serve the private mixed-use development as well as a roundabout at the intersect...
Novel studies to inform moat management at Tilbury Fort
© English Heritage English Heritage has appointed specialist marine consultancy ABPmer to help determine how best to manage water-levels in the distinctive twin moats around Tilbury Fort, to include how they might be used to enhance biodiversity. Tilbury Fort protected London’s seaward approaches from the time it was built, between 1670 and 1685, until the Second World War. After travelling from an earlier fort on the present site to a hill in nearby West Tilbury, Elizabeth I deliver...
Growth of the Life Science and Consumer Goods Market Sectors Offers Development and Repositioning Opportunities for Underutilized Commercial and Industrial Real Estate
Montroy Andersen DeMarco designed the repositioning and redevelopment of a 150,000-sq.-ft. former office building in East Hanover, NJ into the U.S. headquarters and laboratories of Givaudan Fragrance, the largest and most technologically advanced facility in the North American fragrance industry The project encompassed structural reinforcements and expanded MEP systems to accommodate research processes and equipment. Photo by Paul Warchol Design, real estate, and construction expert...
Stantec completes designs for urban waterfront park in downtown Clearwater, Florida
24-acre waterfront development Imagine Clearwater will bring new amenities to Coachman Park and support economic development in the community CLEARWATER, FL - TSX, NYSE:STN- Leading global design firm Stantec has completed the design and construction documents for Imagine Clearwater—a 24-acre urban waterfront park development in downtown Clearwater, Florida. Also known as Coachman Park, the US$64.5 million project will transform the area into a high-amenity environment that will support commu...
Skanska divests land in Solna, Sweden, for about SEK 300M
Skanska has divested land, in Solna, Sweden, for about SEK 300M. The buyer is Specialfastigheter Sverige AB. The transaction will be recorded by Skanska Commercial Development Nordic in the second quarter 2021. The property Konstnären 2 consists of land together with a building right which in total comprises approximately 16,000 square meters. Skanska and Specialfastigheter Sverige AB have an existing framework agreement regarding the implementation of design and build contracts, which the p...
Habitat for Humanity Breaks Ground on Home Build in St. Louis’ Gate District in Partnership with Concrete Strategies, Clayco and the Construction Career Development Initiative
With the support of Geotechnology, Inc. and the St. Louis Job Corps Center, the partners poured foundations for two new homes LOUIS—Habitat for Humanity’s breaks ground on a new home build today, bringing together a collaborative team led by Concrete Strategies, part of the Clayco enterprise, and workforce diversity nonprofit Construction Career Development Initiative (CCDI). The four-day build will take place at 3429 and 3427 Park Avenue, and each day the site will be staffed with twel...
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