When President Obama threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ season opener on Monday, he kicked off not only a new baseball season but also a new round of fundraisers at Nationals Park.

An article about the state of the New Jersey construction industry, “Head Above Water,” notes the near completion of the New Meadowlands Stadium. Vice President Armindo Guimaraes Monteiro discusses our use of Revit on the project.

Mirax Group will continue the construction of a Moscow skyscraper set to be one of the tallest buildings in Europe, an executive said on Wednesday.

Senior Principal Gary Mancini is interviewed in the television news segment “PIX Investigates: Building Safety Inspection,” which discusses the requirements for building façade inspections under New York City’s Local Law 11/98. The segment was in response to a recent fatal accident that occurred in Manhattan when a residential balcony railing failed. Mancini points out (2:43) that balconies and railings are particularly vulnerable because of their exposure to the elements.

Despite years of protests and lawsuits meant to stop it, ground is being broken on the new arena for the Nets in Brooklyn today. Work has been going on at the Atlantic Yards site in Prospect Heights since last fall, but those involved say today’s groundbreaking marks the next phase in construction of the 18,000-seat Barclays Center.

Now that Atlantic Yards is all but cleared for construction, Forest City Ratner is showing off what the interior will look like.

This nearly 800-foot-tall tower’s pleated curtain wall is more than just an intriguing design gesture.

During the 2009 Structural Engineers Buildings Conference & Expo held in Chicago, I facilitated a roundtable to discuss the expanding leadership opportunities for structural engineers. Considering the challenges that practitioners face each day, but especially in this down economy, I wanted to discuss the obstacles that have opened new doors for forward-thinking structural engineering firm leaders.

Construction has started on a new $198 million college campus in downtown New Haven to help address the enrollment boom at Gateway Community College.

San Francisco’s ambitious $4billion Transbay Transit Center Project can now move forward following the closure of a $171 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan deal for the project.

Always famous yet never in the limelight, John Portman, 86, is an architect who made his stamp on the world through hotel atriums and Atlanta’s Peachtree Center.

Hundreds of contractors and local leaders crowded together at the corner of Third and Sycamore streets Tuesday to look on as the final steel beam was lifted into place for The Great American Tower at Queen City Square.