The World from PRX

civil engineering

A lab worker removes crane hoist from a load of rebar used to construct full-scale buildings and bridge spans that are then pushed to the limit in field tests.
Infrastructure
This ‘earthquake lab’ is designing buildings to withstand natural disasters
Global Politics
As Congress debates transportation bill, construction companies wait and hope
Environment
Japan’s earthquake-resistant buildings
The World in Words
America’s Woes From the Outside In
Arts, Culture & Media
Garage Inventors
Development & Education
Mexico’s Baluarte Bridge Tallest Cable-Stayed Bridge in the World
Missouri: Flooding Farmland to Save a Town
Toxic Sludge: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
Still a Few Bugs in the System
Smart Sewers/Note on Emerging Science
Almanac/Deep Sea Travel
Almanac/Gator Tales
Wing Dams
Burning Rubber
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Business, Economics and Jobs
Race to build the tallest skyscraper
Environment
Smart sewers: emerging science