A new and less intrusive method to halt the sinking of San Francisco's Millennium Tower has passed its initial test. Shimmick Construction managed to position a 36-inch-diameter pilot pile casing as part of a plan to counter the 17 inches the building has sunk so far.

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence have created a deep learning model that can output crash-risk maps in high resolution. The model uses GPS patterns, satellite images, historical data and road maps to help predict crashes.

IKEA reported a new annual sales record even as it struggles to keep stores stocked, and it's taking steps including leasing additional ships and buying shipping containers to combat the supply chain delays it expects to continue into next year. The Sweden-based furniture retailer is also streamlining some of its product lines in the face of shortages of some raw materials.

Contractors with the Florida Department of Transportation are set to begin construction next week on a $145 million project in in Ellenton that will involve widening Interstate 75 and transitioning US 301 to a diamond design. The project also includes construction of two new bridges crossing the Manatee River.

Shovels hit the dirt this week on a nearly $35 million agricultural export facility for Port Milwaukee in Wisconsin. The center at Jones Island will allow products to be loaded directly onto vessels for export rather than be transported down the Mississippi River.

Construction is expected to begin in the spring on an expansion of the Fresno Yosemite International Airport terminal in California. Officials have presented a rendering of the $100.73 million plan, which is designed to allow for further expansion in the future.

Chicago would be a major passenger rail hub, and smaller hubs could be created in other cities under a 40-year plan by the Federal Railroad Administration to extend service to at least a dozen Midwest cities. Among the cities to benefit would be Columbus, Ohio; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Madison, Wis.; the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities; Des Moines, Iowa; Omaha, Neb.; and Wichita, Kan., said Laura Kliewer, director of the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission.

Carlsbad, N.M., is asking construction companies to submit bids to rehabilitate the city's Bataan Sewer Lift Station. The City Council approved a measure to proceed with bidding for the estimated $3 million project, with the city seeking an allocation of $1.5 million in 2023.

The latest oil spill off the Southern California coast is likely to be around 25,000 gallons -- much lower than originally feared, according to the Coast Guard. The cause of the leak in the line, owned by Houston-based Amplify Energy, is being investigated.

A new plan issued by the Biden administration tasks federal financial regulators and budget offices to create frameworks that gauge dangers posed by climate change and effects on federal operations and services. The plan includes previously announced updates to building codes in relation to the National Flood Insurance Program. It also calls on the departments of Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture and Veterans Affairs to take into account climate factors for their home loan programs.

SmartTake: Though all of this impacts how built environments are created and maintained, pages 30-35 of the executive order speak specifically about infrastructure.