Nov 01, 2017
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Here we thought swim-up bars were something only seen at resorts featured on MTV Spring Break. It turns out, we just aren’t hanging out with the right crowd. Apparently, lots of people like to have bars nestled right up to their outdoor swimming pools. Why shiver when getting a refill on your beer, when you […]
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Oct 20, 2017
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So far this summer, the United States has seen what many would consider to be more than its fair share of natural disasters. Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston on August 25 causing an estimated $198 billion in property damage. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Irma made its way through Florida and into the […]
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Oct 12, 2017
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Succesful entrepreneurs consider themselves mavericks and disruptors — people who shatter the status quo. And it’s true that most of them made their fortune by thinking differently. But the truly successful may not be as unique as they’d like to think. According to the Shark Tank judges, they all share common characteristics, good and bad, that have made them […]
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Sep 28, 2017
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A construction worker walks around the site of the new Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. The hospital is being built on a earthquake protection system, being the world’s first 3D seismically isolated hospital building. (Stan Lim, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) If Southern California was a state by itself, it […]
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Sep 20, 2017
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The $64 billion plan to bring 800 miles of track up and down the Golden State You’ve probably heard that California is trying to build its own shiny and speedy bullet train. After voters approved a 2008 ballot proposition that kicked off one of the nation’s largest and most ambitious infrastructure projects, the state’s High […]
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Aug 31, 2017
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tunnel-boring outfit, The Boring Company, has won permission from the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne, CA, to dig a tunnel nearly 2 miles long and up to 44 feet deep under city streets, according to Curbed Los Angeles. The project must still get permitting from the state labor and transportation debartments. […]
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Aug 03, 2017
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CU boulder researchers demonstrating their newly engineered material. Credit: Image courtesy of University of Colorado at Boulder A team of University of Colorado Boulder engineers has developed a scalable manufactured metamaterial — an engineered material with extraordinary properties not found in nature — to act as a kind of air conditioning system for structures. It […]
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Jul 27, 2017
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Designers have many secrets they deploy for a successful kitchen remodel. Recently Barbra Bright from Houzz shared 17 of her favorites, and here are 11 more. Read on for ideas that will make your kitchen more beautiful as well as more functional. Note: The following is a guest contribution from Houzz, a leading platform for home […]
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Jun 21, 2017
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DPR’s Mike Humphrey explores the supply-chain bottleneck, building for the tech sector and what’s next for the booming market. California may be known for its relaxed lifestyle, but in the state’s construction industry, life these days is anything but slow. As tech companies, hospitals and higher education institutions continue to grow their footprints in the […]
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Jun 08, 2017
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Transforming struggle into success is how the strong survive. Acclaimed life and business coach, author and motivational speaker Tony Robbins says the breakthrough comes after the breakdown. Many entrepreneurs reach their lowest point immediately before catapulting to unprecedented heights. Whether the result of world affairs, slim odds, or just plain bad luck, these superstar entrepreneurs—and […]
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