Big ideas have never daunted Patrick MacLeamy. Building teams that are courageous enough to pursue them is the more important challenge, says the former CEO of architectural and design firm HOK.
On March 22, 2023, two cars traveling at excessive speeds on the I-695 inner loop in Baltimore, Md., struck each other, with the impact sending one vehicle through an opening of a concrete work zone barrier on the center median shoulder.
As a young engineer at what is now GAI Consultants Inc., Gary DeJidas didn’t think his application to lead the company’s planned 1982 expansion into Florida had much chance of succeeding.
The project delivery approach is not always the optimum one, said speakers at the Transportation Research Board forum, which focuses on sector improvement and recently concluded in Washington, D.C.
Massive renovation restored the 170-plus-year-old building and gave it a new life, earning it recognition as ENR Texas & Louisiana’s Project of the Year
Built in 1855, the two-story Greek Revival landmark of New Orleans’ Carrollton neighborhood evidenced the effects of time, weather and neglect, from deteriorated wooden trusses and masonry to damage from vandalism and animal infestation.