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[ad_1] Site work has started on Iowa's most-expensive construction project to date, a $2.2-billion patient care tower to be built on the north side of The University of Iowa Healthcare campus in Iowa City.The general contractor for the 842,000-sq-ft patient care tower is JE Dunn; the architect is

[ad_1] Charles M. Hess This year marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a milestone for reflection, so a few weeks ago, I brought a group of graduate students from Tulane University’s Dept. of River-Coastal Science and Engineering to the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier in New Orleans. This

[ad_1] The launch of the Trump administration’s “America First” agenda had a rocky start as its sweeping tariff announcements tanked stock markets worldwide. Although the full scope of tariffs has since been paused, ripples of economic uncertainty have remained and roiled the design market, say ENR Top

[ad_1] Moving hot oil across Arctic terrain was an unprecedented challenge following the discovery of America’s largest oil field in 1969 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The first hurdle the Trans-Alaska Pipeline had to clear was environmental approval. The National Environmental Policy Act was passed in 1969, the

[ad_1] The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank and Dept. of Environmental Management have selected consultant Arup to conduct a statewide study of its 400-mile-plus coastline to examine climate change impacts and risks. The study, the first statewide effort of its kind, will inform needed coastal mitigation and resilience measures,