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Oxford Professor's Latest Book Examines Roots of Project Failure

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Peter Reina
January 25, 2023

Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner's "How Big Things Get Done" stems from Flyvbjerg's work at Oxford University studying megaprojects.


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The Blessings of Disaster
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What Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Disasters Teach Us

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Richard Korman
September 28, 2022

In Genesis 6:11-9:19, God tips off Noah with the famous forecast of 40 days and nights of rain, but ever since then, we’ve been pretty much on our own when it comes to dealing with earthquakes, hurricanes and floods.


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New book on natural disasters and climate
Book Review: Climate Crisis

Why The Disaster Response Always Seems to Fall Short

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Richard Korman
July 15, 2021
A new book by 'disasterologist' Samantha Montano on poor preparation and responses.
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Fighting to the top

Transporting to the Top: Women Share Their Stories

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Aileen Cho
November 5, 2015

Threatened, condescended to, vilified—many women faced big obstacles yet rose to the top of the transportation world.


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Put an End to the Skill Bias in U.S. Immigrant Worker Policy

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Richard Korman
October 14, 2015

With millions of people around the world on the move, it's tempting to see the immigration problem in the U.S. as a matter of what to do about the undocumented 11 million.


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Natural-Gas Pipe Route Too Close to Nuke Plant, Foes Say

Thomas F. Armistead
October 7, 2015

Critics have sounded the alarm to halt pipeline near Indian Point nuclear plant. Controversy dogs the Algonquin Incremental Market Project nearly six months after construction began.


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Gridlock Sam Brings His Own Street Smarts to Transportation

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Aileen Cho
October 7, 2015

Equal parts transportation-planning compendium, autobiography and love letter to New York City, "Street Smart" (Perseus Books Group) lays out Sam Schwartz's vision for the future of multimodal and multinodal transportation systems.


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Shattering the Myth of Bilateral Time Extensions

Kurt Rossetti P.E.
September 28, 2015

When requesting a time extension, most construction contracts require the preparation of a time-impact analysis (TIA), in which unanticipated or changed work is inserted into the schedule to demonstrate what impact the change will have on the schedule.


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Smart Contractors Will Adapt To Serve Evolving Energy Market

Thomas F. Armistead
September 23, 2015

The energy market last year fell as if swallowed by a Florida sinkhole, and a report from Moody’s Investor Service says the oil and gas price outlook will remain negative until well into 2016.


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Builders of the Hoosac Tunnel book

Hoosac Tunnel Tested Early Engineers

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Tudor Van Hampton
September 23, 2015
Nearly a decade before the Brooklyn Bridge opened for business, tunnelers successfully bored 25,081 ft, or roughly five miles, through the Hoosac Mountain in western Massachusetts. For more than 40 years after opening in 1875, it was the longest tunnel in North America.
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