Engineers are licensed professionals who must earn at least a bachelor's degree and have several years' of work experience before being allowed to practice on their own. This requirement is equivalent ...

Jeffery Borowicz has established himself as a leader in cost engineering. With over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, he has sharpened his expertise in cost estimating, critical ...

As US college tuition soars, students, parents, and policy makers are pressuring universities to demonstrate the value of a college degree. One way to show the benefit of a diploma is to report ...

Whether building a new deck on the back of one’s house or the entire infrastructure for a missile defense program, the most basic and complex question in construction is always, “How much is it going ...

In a nation where billions of dollars flow into infrastructure each year, from airports to highways to municipal transit systems, there's one often-overlooked role that quietly determines whether ...

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The estimate for the design and engineering of the repairs needed to the exterior brick walls of the Southwick Town Hall was ...

New research on the cost differences in higher education found that colleges and universities spend more money on providing courses in preprofessional programs and high-paying academic fields in ...

Arxiv – Breakthrough Starshot is an initiative to prove ultra-fast light-driven nanocrafts, and lay the foundations for a first launch to Alpha Centauri within the next generation. Along the way, the ...