It has been years since buildings were huts and shelters constructed by hand or with simple tools. Nowadays Construction is a feat of multitasking needs to be managed by expertised teams.
It combines architecure and civil engineering in order to build. To be successful good management at all levels is required and special attention must be made to effective planning and scheduling, budgeting, quality and safety.
In this page, I've tried to collect interesting news about the construction industry.
JUNE 18, 2008
Carbon Capturing
Basin Electric is already considered the leader in carbon capture. The Dakota Gasification Plant captures carbon and sends it by pipeline
to the oil fields in Canada. The Antelope Valley Station
in Beulah will soon be on the leading edge of technology. This coal plant already produces about nine hundred megawatts of energy... and soon it will
capture its carbon dioxide.
JUNE 03, 2008
Construction Market Overview
Construction spending fell again in April as home building continued a more than two-year-long slide.
The weakness was offset somewhat by an increase in non-residential spending activity which climbed to a record level.
MAY 25, 2008
Dorm Building Implosion
FOX KSTU Salt Lake City, • May. 25, 2008. 08:00 PM EST
MAY 22, 2008
I35W Bridge Collapse
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge was an eight-lane bridge across the Mississippi River in north Minneapolis, United States.
At 6:05 p.m. on August 1, 2007, during the rush hour, the centre span of the deck truss of the bridge collapsed and fall into
the river below resulting in the death of 13 people and injury of 145.
Since 1983, the bridge was inspected annually by Mn/DOT, however no inspection report was completed
in 2007, due to the construction work.
