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SOURCE: Civil Engineering Magazine · PUBLISHED: July 2010 · AUTHOR: Robert L. Reid

Below is an excerpt from the full 12-page feature.

Considered the largest privately funded construction project in the nation, the new CityCenter development, in Las Vegas, was designed by a group of world-renowned architects and engineering firms, and this 'city within a city' has earned high marks for environmental stewardship. Constructed in just under four years, the nearly 18 millon sq. ft. development cost an estimated $8.5 billion.

SOURCE: APP.com · PUBLISHED: June 17, 2010 · AUTHOR: Carol Gorga Williams

Long Branch - A 141-foot bow-loading ferry carrying a maximum passenger load of 399 passengers could service a new city pier 350 days a year - the number of days the seas produce waves of eight feet or less - according to the findings of a N.Y. state engineering firm examining the feasibility of rebuilding an oceanfront pier here.

SOURCE: The Journal News, Rockland Express · PUBLISHED: May 20, 2010

West Nyack: Malcolm G. McLaren, the founder, president and CEO of McLaren Engineering Group, and his firm are being recognized as Construction Professional of the Year by the New York State Society of Professional Engineers' Construction Division.

McLaren Engineering Group is being honored for its role in the development of the Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, which the Society selected as its Public Construction Project of the Year.

McLaren Engineering Group is at the Winter Olympics.

SOURCE: Live Design Online · PUBLISHED: January 5, 2010 · AUTHOR: William B. Gorlin, P.E.

The SeaGlass Carousel at New York's Battery Conservancy challenged its designers to create an amusement park-style ride in an outdoor environment not especially conducive to the operation of such a ride. Welcoming the challenge as an opportunity for innovation, its engineers devised a unique ride structure whose design features showcase its ease of operation, reliability, safety and durability in its ocean-side setting.