Propelled by such disruptors as Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis, and backed by firms like AECOM, ARUP, Parsons, and BIG, the dream of swift ground transport across vast distances may be within reach. Here's the latest on Hyperloop One's global challenge.

Remember the team of Illinois Tech engineering students? They finally got to race their concrete canoe at the ASCE regionals in Milwaukee. How did they do? Will they move onto the finals? The final installment in our epic saga...

What is it about The Bronx and BW Summit keynotes? Last spring, Bronx NY native and famous big thinker Peter Diamandis wowed our crowd. Next month, Bronx-born Thornton Tomasetti CEO Tom Scarangello will tell us all about his own inspiring vision. 

Even for a city historically linked to fire, the blaze that brought down a 350-ft-long stretch of I-85 in Atlanta last week was one for the ages. Now, every U.S. city is on notice to make sure it doesn't happen to them. Here's what investigators know so far...

In View from My Hard Hat, we sit down with industry professionals to learn more about their career, company, and industry. Here, we talk to Cody Lausman, who successfully turned his summer internship opportunity into a full-time job.

We check back with the ASCE Illinois Tech student chapter as they recover from a near-mistake and cast their canoe for the 2017 Concrete Canoe competition. Will their boat float?

Each year, teams of student engineers design, construct, and race a canoe made of concrete against other university teams in the ASCE's Concrete Canoe competition. This year, we're once again following the Illinois Tech team as they try to make it to Nationals.

Bang's big theory. At 32, she has already won more accolades than most of us will compile in a lifetime. But as one of the stars of the new IMAX film Dream Big, the Bridges to Prosperity CEO also knows this is her best chance to inspire others to make 'heroic' career choices.  

A new report from FMI indicates that prefabrication and modularization work is increasing. Aine Brazil, vice chairman of Thornton Tomasetti, explains how the trend might impact the work of structural engineers, using her firm's work on Stavros Niarchos Foundation–David Rockefeller River Campus at Rockefeller University as a case study.

From sustainable stormwater management and the mapping of urban infrastructure to “Smart Trees” and net-zero tiny homes, institutions such as Northwestern University, Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois–Champaign-Urbana are seeking to bringing innovative design solutions to market

Ready for their closeup! Backed by Bechtel and ASCE, a spectacular new IMAX feature, Dream BIG, has opened in 50 cities for National Engineers Week. BuiltWorlds previewed the inspiring ode to next-gen problem-solvers. Click here to see multiple clips.

With a seven-story mixed-use wood-framed structure under its belt, Hines is fanning out to Chicago—and possibly Atlanta—to construct similar structures for tenants who prefer the rustic qualities of timber over the same-old, same-old. 

The methanol plant will capture 4.2 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually and sell it for enhanced oil recovery in Texas.  

Testing on ThyssenKrupp's breakthrough elevator technology, allowing for both vertical and horizontal movement, could begin as early as this spring. 

When you're a startup, every year is precious. So, this week, we look back on a raucous year marked by notable tech advances, epic engineering feats, and urgent reminders of urban infrastructure needs.

In the last year, our original video series brought together the built environment’s most impactful firms and powerful thought leaders. As we wrap up 2016, we look back at the top 10 videos we produced.

Two Middle East towers are vying for the distinction as the world's tallest. The winner is already known, but the other structure, due for completion in 2020, may temporarily eclipse the current tallest building, Dubai, UAE's Burj Khalifa, first. 

From New Orleans and Amsterdam to Flint, MI, and Teheran, cities across the globe are frantically racing to upgrade their fragile water systems ahead of the coming surge in urban repopulation. Here are seven reasons for urgent optimism about our water future

For those who recall the terrifying news of a Ukrainian nuclear accident that shook the world in 1986, the scene this week of successful global cooperation there would have been impossible to imagine. See for yourself, though, with these two time-lapse videos. 

BIG boost. Determined to lead in global engineering, tiny Dubai said this month that it will build the world's first functioning hyperloop transport system, aiming for speeds of 700 mph. The high-powered team now includes Danish disruptor Bjarke Ingels.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed suit against the developer of San Francisco's Millennium Tower for neglecting to inform condo buyers the building was settling into the earth "faster than expected.”

Bentley Systems may call Pennsylvania home, but the firm no doubt was thrilled earlier this month to escape the swing-state U.S. election madness to host its annual 'Year in Infrastructure' event in London. Read on to see who won the 2016 'Be Inspired' awards.

Professional roofers are reserving judgment, but they must be enjoying all the attention their profession is getting this week after Elon Musk's latest surprise announcement. ICYMI, Tesla has created a sleek new solar roof tile that already is causing quite a stir.

Breakthrough? Putting out fires may sound bad, but advocates of tall wood buildings are happy to do it to win over doubters. This month, those behind Portland's proposed 12-story timber tower are telling anyone who will listen about recent test results. 

Father-son duo, Zack and Scott Vader, have created a machine few can rival -- a 3D liquid metal printer. BuiltWorlds reporter, Alexis Chastain, caught up with Zack at IMTS 2016, to hear about the company's story. 

Earthshaking. Grabbing unwanted headlines, San Francisco's plush, 58-story Millennium Tower, the West's largest reinforced concrete structure, is sinking. Soil tests began this week and results may alter high-rise engineering in seismic zones everywhere. 

The sky is falling? No, let's Dream Big. As the American Society of Civil Engineers convenes in eco-friendly Portland OR later this week, the group is shifting its tone from scaring the public about failing infrastructure to inspiring us about future feats.

Thirty years ago this fall, structural engineer Bob Johnson was reading a news story that mislabeled one of his role models as an 'architect'. That mistake launched a lifetime of professional evangelism that has educated and inspired thousands of potential engineers.

Just months after celebrating a successful field test in the Nevada desert, the newly splintered leadership of high-powered startup Hyperloop One is in turmoil. Nevertheless, its own global contest to see who has the biggest needs and best ideas is speeding ahead.

After years of starts and stops, North America's fledgling offshore wind energy industry is finally out of the blocks. This month, officials in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island are heralding the start of a new American energy market. (Europe is excited, too.)