What civil engineers are reading this week

• Brussels dual-tower project emphasizes sustainability while remaining flexible

  For the Tour & Taxis project in Brussels, MVRDV focused on a surprising design consideration – building weight – to cut embodied carbon and improve flexibility. How will the building evolve as the area changes?

• Community involvement essential for local decarbonization plans to work, researchers say

  Place-based decarbonization plans must involve local people earlier and consider the range of different community responses in development to succeed and gain fuller community support, a study finds.

• Florida highlights ‘flying car’ testing facility

  SunTrax Air Ground will be actively testing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft by the end of this year, the governor says.

• Tesla wants to build a $10B solar factory in Texas

  The massive facility would be called Project Crystal Sun and would be 45 minutes southwest of Houston, according to documents filed with the state.

• How to recruit, retain a resilient and engaged engineering team

  How can engineering firms build project teams that will succeed long term? An expert in construction workforce systems who will lead a session at ASCE2027 shares advice in a new ASCE Interchange.

• US traffic deaths are falling – engineers crunch the numbers

  The source of the welcome news is likely a combination of many factors, these experts say. Why is there is variation across geographical areas?