Elizabeth Taurasi
Design News' Executive Editor Elizabeth Taurasi is an award-winning journalist who spent the previous decade in the trenches of the newspaper business. She's been with Design News since January 2006.
Title: Executive Editor, Design News
Email: elizabeth.taurasi@reedbusiness.com
Talking PointsLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Big Dig Epoxy Provider Powers Fasteners Close to Settling LawsuitThe Boston Globe is reporting this morning that Big Dig epoxy provider Powers Fasteners is about to settle a civil suit filed by the family of a woman killed in 2006. Milena Del Valle was killed in July 2006 when a portion of Boston’s Big Dig Interstate-90 connector tunnel ceiling collapsed and crushed the car she was riding in with her husband. According to... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Singapore Airlines' Historic First Commercial Flight of the Airbus A380After long delays, the Airbus A380 completed its first commercial flight today. The world’s largest passenger jet flew from Singapore to Sydney – on its first commercial flight through Singapore Airlines. Airbus delivered the A380 last week . The maiden flight included 455 passengers and a crew of 30, including pilots. The entire flight lasted seven hours. The double-decker... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Cracks Found in Support Beam of Boston’s Tobin BridgeCracks in a support beam of Boston’s Tobin Bridge have officials scrambling to find a fix. In the meantime, all vehicles over 10,000 lb, including commercial trucks and buses, are banned from traveling over the structure, according to Massachusetts Port Authority officials at a press conference late Friday afternoon. Several cracks were found in one of the support beams of... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Mattel Issues Third Recall of Toys with Excessive Amounts of Lead PaintLate yesterday, Mattel Inc. announced it was recalling more than 700,000 more toys made in China that have excessive amounts of lead paint. According to the Associated Press, the recall covers 675,000 units of Barbie accessory toys manufactured between Sept. 30, 2006 and Aug. 20, 2007. The recall also involves 90,000 units of Geo Trax Locomotive Toys and 8,900 Big World 6-in1... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Inspectors Find Structural Deficiencies within Infrastructure of Boston’s Longfellow BridgeA major bridge in Massachusetts is slated for immediate repair during the state’s 40-day inspection of all bridges following the I35W bridge collapse in Minnesota earlier this month. Inspectors found two deteriorated support beams within the infrastructure of the Longfellow Bridge . These “jack beams” help support the deck system which holds up the actual... More |
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