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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 11, 2018
Construction Set to Begin Next Year on Medical Campus
Work is set to begin in 2019 on a medical center founding institutions say will transform Houston into an international hub for biomedical research. Dubbed the TMC3 — the 3 represents the branding of Houston as the “third coast” for life sciences — the new research campus is a collaboration between Texas Medical Center (TMC), Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center....
Emily Buenzle - Thu August 30, 2018
Research Team Creates Self-Healing Cement
Researchers are the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are working to create self-healing cement. The cement would be used in tough environments where normal materials can experience failures from either chemical or physical stressors, the Tri-City Herald reported....
Giles Lambertson - Mon August 13, 2018
MIT Takes a Closer Look at Wood Construction
Boston's MIT students and researchers are doing their thing. The academic brain-trust at the Massachusetts university has contributed to society's progress in impressive ways and, perhaps, less august ways — the oxymoronic all-terrain wheelchair comes to mind....
Emily Buenzle - Fri August 10, 2018
New Study: Opioid Crisis Bad for Construction Industry
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently released a report showing the impact that opioids have had on the construction industry. According to the research, almost 25 percent of all opioid-related fatalities across four years happened to workers in the construction industry....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Mon July 09, 2018
Researchers Pursue Path to the Fuel of the Future
We all want to believe in perfect energy solutions. Clean, cheap and limitless energy for everyone. Nirvana, in a word. It isn't here yet, though fracking has produced some great leaps forward in energy production....
Emily Buenzle - Mon April 30, 2018
Is It Safe? Tests Determine If ABC Construction Can Hold Up Against Earthquakes
Good news: A series of tests at the Earthquake Engineering Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno, has determined that accelerated bridge construction methods are safe and ready to be used on job sites....
Wed April 11, 2018
State Pursues Vital Highway Safety Facility
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary and Pa. Turnpike Commission (PTC) Chair Leslie S. Richards announced at the Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle Summit that the two agencies are partnering with Penn State University (Penn State) to commence site planning and design for the Pennsylvania Safety, Transportation and Research Track, or PennSTART -- a state-of-the-art facility envisioned to benefit emergency responders, transportation organizations and research institutions....
Mon March 05, 2018
Global Crane Market Expecting 4.1 Percent Growth Through 2022
After years of seesawing growth and contraction, a sustained global construction and energy boom is helping to boost the worldwide market for cranes, according to a report by BCC Research. The global market is expected to see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1 percent through 2022, when the sector could be worth $35.9 billion, according to the report Cranes: Technologies and Global Markets....
Emily Buenzle - Mon January 22, 2018
CDC: Construction Workers See Highest Risk of Asthma-Related Deaths
A new CDC study has revealed that the construction industry has the highest rate of asthma deaths among men. The report covered 2015 data that showed that in the U.S., 3,396 adults died from asthma that year....
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