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The History of a Technical Publication

The exhibition currently on view at the Business Information Center focuses on the history of Engineering News-Record magazine. The publication has its roots in two separate publications, Engineer & Surveyor and The Plumber and Sanitary Engineer. Engineering News

Engineer & Surveyor was founded in April 1874 by George H. The journal was published monthly an

d consisted of sixteen pages with a small subscription base and no advertising. In early 1875 the journal's name was changed to Engineering News and the subscription price was reduced to $1 a year. Frost decided to move to New York in December 1878. In 1883, he sold a third interest in the journal to D. Stauffer. In January 1887, another partner, Arthur Mellen Wellington, purchased a one-third interest in the journal and edited it alongside Mr. Wellington was the driving force behind the journal from that time on and expanded the subscription base considerably. Wellington died in 1895 and Stauffer retired in 1908. Frost repurchased Stauffer's share in the journal and had earlier repurchased Wellington's. In August 1911, realizing his advancing years, Frost sold the journal to the Hill Publishing Company. Engineering Record

Henry C. Meyer, a manufacturer of plumbing supplies founded the publication The Plumber and Sanitary Engineer in December 1877. He established the journal to provide a forum for the discussion of the principles of sanitary engineering and public health issues. The title of the publication was changed to The Sanitary Engineer in 1880 and, on December 1st 1881, the journal switched from a monthly to a weekly publication. In 1887 the title was again changed, this time to Engineering and Building Record. By 1890 the journal formally adopted the name by which it had become widely known - Engineering Record. In 1901 Major Meyer decided that after 25 years working on the paper it was time to retire. He sold Engineering Record to James H. McGraw, who in turn transferred the property to the McGraw Publishing Company. The transfer was completed in November, 1902. Edward J. Mehren was appointed editor of Engineering Record in 1912. As a clear thinker and forceful writer Mehren made the editorial page one of the strongest features of the Engineering Record. He demanded from his associate editors not only the facts, but the facts arranged in an orderly and easily understandable manner. Engineering News-Record

In 1917, following the death of John Alexander Hill, James H. McGraw merged the McGraw and the Hill Publishing Companies. With the merger of both companies the unification of the engineering journals seemed logical, but the proposal met with strong resistance. If magazines can possess personalities, then the Record was perceived as aggressive and vulgar, while the News was considered stodgy and abstruse. The staff at the Record lobbied for their publication's independence. McGraw, however, wanted to forge an alliance with the News because of its standing in the higher echelons of the profession. The first issue of Engineering News-Record was published on April 5, 1917. On January 1st, 1987 the acronym ENR was adopted as the title of the magazine.

California High-Speed Rail has sued the Trump administration to recover $4B in federal grants that the Federal Railroad ...
07/21/2025

California High-Speed Rail has sued the Trump administration to recover $4B in federal grants that the Federal Railroad Administration terminated on July 16.


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Calif. High-Speed Rail's complaint asks the court to stop the action to terminate the project's federal funding.

Louisiana has canceled its $3 billion Mid‑Barataria Sediment Diversion Project stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon ...
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Louisiana has canceled its $3 billion Mid‑Barataria Sediment Diversion Project stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion amid permit issues, litigation and cost overruns.
✔️Earmarked funds will be reallocated to the Myrtle Grove dredging initiative for targeted marsh restoration.
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Louisiana cancels $3 billion Mid‑Barataria Sediment Diversion after federal permit suspension, cost overruns and litigation.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has awarded a $337 million design‑build contract to Lane Construction (W...
07/21/2025

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has awarded a $337 million design‑build contract to Lane Construction (Webuild) to widen and modernize a 4.1‑mile stretch of Interstate 85 in the Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia metro area.

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A team led by Lane Construction and HDR will widen and modernize 4.1 miles in the Charlotte metro area.

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07/20/2025

It has been just six months since a series of devastating wildfires swept through Los Angeles County. While plenty of evidence of the devastation remains, the progress is undeniable.

Debris removal from the devastated areas is almost complete—a task initially estimated to require six months longer. And the longer and more complicated effort to rebuild has begun.

ENR's Scott Blair recently visited teams with the US Army Corps of Engineers on the ground at the site of the Eaton and Palisades fires to report on the recovery.

Check out the full story at this link: 👉https://www.enr.com/articles/61020-from-ashes-to-action-la-fire-recovery-enters-new-phase
Watch the full video here: https://www.enr.com/videos?bctid=6375490637112


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Is Your Firm Among the Top Environmental Leaders? If you earned at least $25 million in 2024 global environmental servic...
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Is Your Firm Among the Top Environmental Leaders? If you earned at least $25 million in 2024 global environmental services revenue, take a moment to complete the Top 200 Environmental Firms Survey and be recognized as an industry leader now: https://www.enr.com/top-environmental-firm-survey

The Trump Administration terminated a pair of grants to  the California High-Speed Rail project worth $4 billion on July...
07/17/2025

The Trump Administration terminated a pair of grants to the California High-Speed Rail project worth $4 billion on July 16. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy defended the decision calling the project a “boondoggle.”

The Federal Railroad Administration justified the decision noting the 171-mile initial portion of the greater 800-mile project is already nearly $7 billion short of the estimated $35 billion in funding needed for completion and unlikely to meet its 2033 completion deadline.

California Governor Gavin Newsom described the action as illegal and said the state would fight the decision.

In a response to the FRA sent on July 7, CAHSR officials described the FRA’s criticism of the project as a “misrepresentation of the facts” and claims the agency “wholly fails to support its conclusion that the authority is unable to deliver the EOS and commence revenue operations by 2033.”

➡️To read more about this story check out ENR’s story available here.➡️ https://www.enr.com/articles/61055-trump-administration-pulls-4b-in-calif-high-speed-rail-funding-but-state-has-a-new-plan


Photo by Scott California High-Speed Rail Authority

Brad Jacobs is celebrated for transforming waste, rentals, logistics and now building‑products distribution through disc...
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Market maker and serial entrepreneur Brad Jacobs’ outlines his QXO playbook: disciplined M&A, tech‑driven consolidation, AI‑powered pricing and logistics and unified branding to reshape building‑products distribution.

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Granite Construction has been awarded a $111 million contract by the Utah DOT to rehabilitate a portion of I-215, includ...
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Granite Construction has been awarded a $111 million contract by the Utah DOT to rehabilitate a portion of I-215, including self-performing rubblization, a 6-inch HMHMA overlay, and extensive bridge and storm-drain upgrades.

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Total $190 million overall project budget, a blend of state and federal funds, will support work set to conclude by late 2026.

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