In The News: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español

After dropping more than 27 feet since the start of the year, Lake Mead has made a bit of a comeback in part thanks to the August monsoon season.

Las Vegas Review Journal

After falling more than 27 feet since the start of the year, Lake Mead got a bit of a bump thanks in part to the August monsoon season.

Las Vegas Sun

U.S. News & World Report recognized 23 UNLV programs, including 13 from the William S. Boyd School of Law, in its annual list of top graduate and professional schools.

PBS

After more than six months, Governor Steve Sisolak announced an end to Nevada’s mask mandate. In January, the Omicron variant spurred a surge in coronavirus cases but since a peak in mid-January cases have steadily been declining. 

Vegas Inc

Broadbent & Associates Inc., an environmental, water resource and civil engineering firm, expanded its team with the addition of Taylor Musarra as a project engineer and Will Wiggins as water/wastewater division manager. 

Nevada Business

Broadbent & Associates, Inc. (Broadbent), a full-service environmental, water resource, and civil engineering firm, is expanding their Las Vegas team with the addition of Taylor Musarra as a new project engineer.

KNPR News

If you look at the drawing board, the future might be here for transportation in Southern Nevada.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Most people think it’s natural to see a new home constructed from scratch on its own lot. But not Paolo Tiramani, chief executive of modular home manufacturer Boxabl in North Las Vegas.

Homeland Security News Wire

The recent collapse of the condo building in Florida served as a dire warning for the nation’s aging infrastructure problem and the deadly consequences that can result.

KNPR News

Las Vegas City Council voted last week to explore the idea of a multibillion-dollar, 19-mile mass-transit system that a private company wants to develop for Charleston Boulevard.

Nevada Independent

With every spring and fall semester comes an inevitable uptick in hastily changed majors. Faced for the first time with a career-defining choice, it’s not unusual for college students to find themselves eye-to-eye with a field that, for one reason or another, is not for them.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

While Nevada eases back into business amid the COVID-19 crisis, construction, while an essential business, has not escaped the impact of the pandemic.