America’s infrastructure has scored near-failing grades for its deteriorating roads, public transit and storm water systems due to years of inaction from the federal government, the American Society of Civil Engineers reports. Its overall grade: a mediocre C-. In its …
Louisiana civil engineers have graded the state’s roads and bridges, and they claimed the results were “embarrassing.” The Advocate reports that roads were given a D grade and bridges a D-plus in the report card from the Louisiana chapter of …
In April, some 1,200 home builders, inspectors, architects and engineers gathered in Louisville, Kentucky, to debate the standards that should guide construction of the next wave of U.S. houses. Engineers had a seemingly unobjectionable proposal: Make roofs in coastal areas …
