Video: How Mexico City Will Be Rebuilt
Miyamoto revisits the M 7.1 earthquake that struck Central Mexico one year ago today to illustrate how devastated areas can rebuild better and safer. The killer earthquake collapsed more than 40 buildings and 369 people died, including 19 schoolchildren. Listen as Dr. Kit Miyamoto and engineer Jesus Valdez share strategies on public and private collaboration to reconstruct severely damaged buildings. Valdez, who coordinated rescue efforts at the deadliest site in the city immediately after the d...
Lenox Road Corridor Plan Wins “Outstanding Planning Document” Award From the Georgia Planning Association
Atlanta – Today the Buckhead Community Improvement District (BCID), in partnership with design and engineering firm Stantec, received the 2018 Outstanding Planning Document award for their Lenox Road Corridor Plan at the Georgia Planning Association (GPA) annual fall conference on Jekyll Island. Every year, GPA, an official chapter of the American Planning Association, hosts an annual conference where the organization recognizes local communities and regional commissions for their work to mak...
Woolpert Providing Structural Engineering for Miami University Residence Halls
OXFORD, Ohio — Woolpert is providing structural engineering services for the renovation of three Miami University residence halls as part of the public university’s long-term goal to provide the best undergraduate experience in the nation. Woolpert was contracted by GBBN Architects, who was hired by Messer Construction, to improve site work, architectural finishes and details, life safety features, better access and functionality and energy-efficient mechanical systems to Scott, Minnich and S...
Video: ProGanics Initiates Vegetation Growth on California Roadside
Brian Free, Profile’s Market Development Manager for the Western U.S. and Canada, explains the process of using Profile’s ProGanics® Biotic Soil Media™ and prescriptive agronomic formulations to establish vegetation on this fire-reclamation site at the Interstate 210/Interstate 15 interchange near Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. ProGanics provides an abundant source of organic matter and soil building components to quickly modify soil chemistry and initiate growth establishment, as shown in this video...
Haiti: Eight Years After
Miyamoto International created a video of the eight-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, describing improvements that have been made to make the new buildings (and people) more earthquake resistant.
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 in a single structure. “Let me radio in for them to stop throwing concrete debris in our pathway.” “Alto! (Halt!),” a Spanish urban search-and-rescue (USAR) officer yells at me. “Let me radio in for them to stop throwing...
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 in America. The Raid Dominick "Dom" Sanchini wasn't sorry until he got caught. He was, at the time, a third-year manager at Rocky Flats Plant, a nuclear weapons facility in Colorado that produced around 70,000 plutonium triggers and other hazardous components for nuclear weapons made in the United States through the...
Seoul Transforms Aging Overpass into Skygarden
Seoul Transforms Aging Overpass into Skygarden from V1 Media on Vimeo. 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 project has turned a hulking eyesore into green space for the public. Seoul's government built it, and the people came. More than 3 million pedestrians have visited the walkwa...
Oilon Group Provides Combustion Technology to Veolia Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility in Singapore
Oilon Group strengthens its position as a supplier of combustion solutions for hazardous waste treatment facilities. In total, Oilon has delivered more than 30 combustion solutions for the facilities. More and more plants are being built in Asia. Oilon got a new deal with the big, international waste management company Veolia. Veolia is the global leader in optimized resource management. The company provides innovative waste and water treatment solutions. Veolia in Singapore In Singapor...
Arcadis Bolsters Remediation Capabilities with Department of Defense Accreditation
Highlands Ranch, Colo.– Arcadis, the leading global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, has achieved U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) accreditation for its Advanced Geophysical Classification (AGC) quality and technical platforms, enabling Arcadis to identify, test and remove explosive hazards at defense sites and avoid costly excavation of non-explosive debris. Arcadis was accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) to perform AGC un...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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June Issue 2026
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