Eight Dead, 18 Injured in Brooklyn Building Collapse Next to Construction Site

Engineering records prescribed underpinning, shoring and monitoring for an excavation before an adjacent, occupied building collapsed into it Nov. 11.

Water and sewerage orders hit record £2.52bn in Q3

Water and sewerage orders reached £2.52bn in the third quarter of 2026, up 87.5 per cent on the previous three months and the highest quarterly total in Office for National Statistics (ONS) records, going back to 1985. Water orders rose from £1.1bn to £2.09bn, while… The post Water and sewerage orders hit record £2.52bn in Q3 appeared first on Construction News.

Thames Water records 100 days of drought as reservoir levels remain below average

Thames Water says it has marked 100 days since drought was declared across London and the Thames Valley, with reservoir storage and groundwater levels remaining below average despite recent rainfall. The post Thames Water records 100 days of drought as reservoir levels remain below average appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Field Materials AI Completes SOC 1 and SOC 2 Audits

Field Materials, the leading AI platform for construction procurement, AP automation, and inventory management, has completed independent SOC 1 Type 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 examinations. The platform manages more than $2.5 billion in material purchases annually. Images Courtesy of: Field Materials “Construction is moving from software that simply records work to AI that […] <p>The post Field Materials AI Completes SOC 1 and SOC 2 Audits first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.</p>

Document Storage: Fire Ratings, Floor Loads and Retention

Size records storage in cubic feet before anyone picks a cabinet. NARA’s conversion is 1.5 cubic feet per letter-size file drawer and 2 cubic feet per legal-size drawer. Retention sets the volume. Federal agencies keep financial transaction records 6 years after final payment under NARA’s General Records Schedule 1.1, so the room has to hold […] <p>The post Document Storage: Fire Ratings, Floor Loads and Retention first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.</p>

Fenwick Elliott LLP - Damages for Defects, 09122021

Lucinda Robinson of Fenwick Elliott and Felicity Dynes of Atkin Chambers discuss how to build, or demolish, a claim for damages arising from defects.

When good progress is being made why is it just as important to keep detailed progress records as during periods of poor or disrupted progress?