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State of Disrepair
The Morandi Bridge collapse last year in Genoa, Italy left 43 people dead. The disaster drew attention to a global problem: Aging bridges are in urgent need of repair, if not outright replacement.…
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Celebrating Smaller Delays
Schedule overruns affected nearly 30 percent of Indian infrastructure projects monitored by the government in 2014. By 2018, that had dropped to under 20 percent, even as the number of initiatives…
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Cleaning Spree
India is building roughly 62,000 toilets a day. As part of the US$29 billion Clean India program, the government's toilet-building project—the largest such effort ever--aims to build 111 million…
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The Big Grapple
The United States' most heavily used rail system is in a state of crisis. The subway in New York, New York sees more than 5 million daily riders. But it's in massive disrepair, with roughly 76,000…
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Garbage Patched
As the desire for new tech piles up, so does the electrical and electronic waste. The amount of e-waste is expected to increase to 52.2 million metric tons a year by 2021, up from 44.7 million…
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Sky-High Mandate
Dubai soon won't just be a city pushing buildings to new heights—it'll also be a place where project teams have to go 3D to reduce labor and materials costs. The government announced it intends for…
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Global Power Play
Japan's power companies can now look abroad for project opportunities. The country's government is set to loosen a rule preventing the companies from getting involved in overseas energy…
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A Taxing Plan
U.S. taxpayers aren't the only ones who need help dealing with the new tax codes. The government's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched a US$291 million program earlier this year to update…
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Port Authorities
Ports are often the economic epicenter of a city or town, linking urban commerce and production to vast shipping routes and the global trade economy. But as cargo ships get bigger and the technology…
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Absolute Zero
The energy efficiency bar keeps rising. For many organizations, the future of building construction is net-zero energy. It's a tall order, and one that some governments are beginning to mandate. To…
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