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Startup focused on AI for infrastructure scores $4.5M funding
SenSat's product learns from a virtual representation of the jobsite to present project teams with the most efficient course of action.
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Women hit jackpot on $2.5B Massachusetts casino project
As a condition of their casino license, developers must target the underemployed and minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses.
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AR allowed concrete company to catch flaws in design
Elements to prevent bird nesting had been omitted on a bridge model, but an augmented reality tool revealed the error before construction began.
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Raiders' Las Vegas stadium bridge could alter I-15 plans
The pedestrian bridge could interfere with previous Nevada DOT plans for a high-occupancy vehicle off-ramp in the same area.
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Myriad technologies help KEF Infra lead modular
The newest Katerra acquiree is honing its market position with sensors, connected devices, various software applications and robots.
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Costs to rebuild Portland, Oregon, schools approach $1B
The cost estimate is $190 million more than voters approved last year, which the former interim superintendent partially attributes to President Donald Trump's tariffs and the local building boom.
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Transit group: Trump administration behind on $1.4B funding
Transportation for America said the Federal Transit Administration has awarded only $25 million of the nearly $1.4 billion allocated in its appropriations bill.
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Tariffs, design changes drive Seattle's KeyArena to $700M
Developer Oak View Group, which named Skanska-AECOM Hunt general contractor, said including locker rooms and storage was one factor hiking costs.
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California's Interstate 405 expansion to close bridge for a year
The McFadden Bridge in Orange County will be demolished and rebuilt as part of the widening of the massive north-south highway.
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Jacobs to oversee $410M Omaha school construction program
Board members unanimously approved a consent agenda recommending the project management firm over finalists Skanska USA and Project Control.
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FERC halts construction of Atlantic Coast Pipeline
For the second time in as many weeks, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has stopped construction on a multi-billion-dollar pipeline in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. — the first was the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
UPDATED: Aug. 14, 2018 at 9:28 a.m.
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Guam amid U.S. military-driven $8.7B construction boom
When the approximately 60 projects are complete, around 4,100 U.S. Marines based in Japan will be able to relocate to the U.S. island territory.
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Construction trumps other Massachusetts industries in opioids deaths
The state's construction and extraction workers are six times as likely to die from opioid use as those in other industries.
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Dodge: 2018 so far a mixed bag for commercial, multifamily starts
A robust multifamily market, which balanced an almost equal downturn on the commercial side, helped prop up overall starts in the first six months of 2018.
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MIT class designs 82,000-square-foot mass timber prototype
The more tall wood structures that can be built and safely occupied, the better the chances that building codes will eventually change, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said.
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OSHA extends deadlines for some aspects of beryllium standard outside of construction
A pushback of general industry compliance dates for the beryllium standard to Dec. 12 does not affect the construction industry's requirements.
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AECOM hit record $5B revenue, earned $61M in Q3
Despite the sales boost, the construction giant's income was down nearly 40% from the prior year's third quarter. An executive said the firm is trying to narrow its focus rather than "being all things to all people."
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Glass equipment suppliers plead guilty to $1.3M fraud
Charges against the New York-based glass installation company owners include taking orders from customers and laundering money from the deposits with no intention of providing products.
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Revamped electrical contractor training prioritizes technology
The National Electrical Contractors Association integrated BIM and moved to electronic documentation in an overhaul of its apprenticeship training program.
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AIA predicts nonresidential spending growth through 2019
The Consensus Construction Forecast Panel said spending in the commercial/industrial sector will outpace institutional outlays by 2.2% in 2018, but that institutional will take the lead in 2019.
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Lawmakers push for innovative materials in national infrastructure
The IMAGINE Act calls for new asphalt and concrete formulations, advanced alloys and metals, reinforced polymer composites and aggregate, geosynthetic and other materials meant to accelerate construction times and last longer.
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Jacobs posts strong Q3, touts last year's acquisition of CH2M Hill
The December absorption, which chairman Steven Demetriou said is surpassing expectations, has been a factor in the engineering-focused construction firm's year-over-year revenue gains of 65%.
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Maryland Purple Line to bring years of 'intrusive' construction, official warns
The new light rail line will carve a path through neighborhoods and expose residents to the sounds and vibrations of drilling and maybe even blasting.
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Robot learns to build, adapt using Lego models
Autodesk's BrickBot is programmed to autonomously build from 3D models and could be a precursor to construction and manufacturing applications.
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Virginia demands tunnel-boring for Hampton Roads project
All competing contractors must use the boring method of tunnel construction when calculating their bid proposals for the $3 billion project.
Infrastructure