Source: http://www.truth-out.org, April 17, 2018 By: Sue Sturgis At the same time the Trump administration is seeking to roll back regulations designed to protect people and the environment from toxic coal ash, hundreds of workers who cleaned up the nation’s largest-ever coal ash spill and claim it sickened them are still waiting for their day in court. […]

This article discusses the fundamental design difficulties of the fully automated baggage system originally planned for the New Denver Airport, and their implications for airport and airline management. Theory, industrial experience, and the reality at Denver emphasize the difficulty of achieving acceptable standards of performance when novel, complex systems are operating near capacity. United Airlines […]

Airport Systems Planning, Design & Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology Read here.

Source: https://failures.wikispaces.com By: James Chavanic, Candidate BAE/MAE Architectural Engineering (Structural) 2013, Pennsylvania State University Pittsburgh International Airport Parking Garage  Precast Double-T Structural Defects Pittsburgh, PA (1998) Key Terms Parking Garage, Precast Concrete, Double Tee, Carbon Fiber, FRP, Shear Failure, Performance Failure, Dapped, Prestress Introduction The short-term parking facility at the Pittsburgh International Airport was built […]

Source: https://www.houstonchronicle.com, April 5, 2018 By: Rebecca Elliott Hundreds of Fort Bend County residents sued a local engineering firm Wednesday alleging the company acted negligently in designing a stormwater management system for a community that flooded during Hurricane Harvey. The lawsuit filed against Costello, Inc. in state district court focuses on work the engineering firm […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, April 2, 2018 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued a report that found both a contractor and VA hospital officials demonstrated “shoddy planning” and poor oversight of an $8.7 million generator project that is $17.5 million over budget, according to The Oklahoman. […]

Source: http://www.gainesville.com, March 21, 2018 It is still unclear if the design change contributed to the failure. Construction of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed and killed six people in the Miami area was behind schedule and millions over budget, in part because of a key change in the design and placement of one of its […]

Source: http://www.morningjournal.com, February 1, 2018 By: Keith Reynolds The Keystone School Board is suing multiple contractors, claiming breach of contract in connection with the construction of Keystone High School and Keystone Middle School. In a pair of lawsuits filed Jan. 29 in Lorain County Common Pleas Court, Northern Valley Contractors Inc. of North Canton and its bonding […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com, January 21, 2018 By: Jon Wertheim The Millennium Tower opened to great acclaim with high-priced, posh apartments. But those accolades and property values are sinking, along with the building’s foundation It’s a story as old as cities themselves: prosperity comes to town and triggers a building boom. In modern San Francisco, rows of […]

Source: http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com, November 22, 2017 By: Joe Capozzi When players and staff for the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals first arrived at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in February, they were asked to be patient: Their new $152 million shared spring training complex in West Palm Beach wasn’t quite finished. What they may not have known […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com, November 5, 2017 By: Jon Wertheim It’s a story as old as cities themselves: prosperity comes to town and triggers a building boom. In modern San Francisco, rows of skyscrapers have begun lining the downtown streets and recasting the skyline, monuments to the triumph of the tech sector. Leading this wave, the Millennium […]

Source: http://www.surfky.com, November 8, 2017 By: Tammy Holloway The Hopkins County School District has reached a settlement in its lawsuit against Associated Engineers involving the old Tech Center along Grapevine Road. Nearly six years after construction was halted on the building, the board has reached an agreement with the engineering firm hired by the district […]