Robert Reid

Restoration efforts at the Colosseum in Rome focused on the southern side of the ancient, oval-shaped arena between arches 1 to 18 and 60 to 76. The ruins on one side of Rome’s Colosseum have been restored somewhat, at least aesthetically, through a project that offers visitors “a clearer understanding of the monument’s original layout,” according to a press announcement. Stefano Boeri Interiors, a multidisciplinary design studio based in Milan, led the recent restoration project.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 100 McAllister has an unreinforced masonry and terra cotta facade that had to be protected and preserved as much as possible. The seismic retrofit of a 28-story historic tower is advancing the “academic village” plans of the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.

A software tool powered by artificial intelligence is allowing the Wyoming Department of Transportation to gather and make use of more current and relevant data regarding traffic patterns and habits. At the Wyoming Department of Transportation, traffic engineers used to make do with data on speeding, distracted driving, and other road-related problems that were at least six months old and often much older – perhaps a year or more in the past.