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Robot dog coming to a construction site near you
Boston Dynamics says its SpotMini robot is a good fit for jobsites due to its ability to survey a project via an onboard camera, pick up objects and navigate around obstacles.
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Balfour Beatty tapped to manage Atlanta prefab tower project
Offsite construction firm Prescient will prefabricate and install wall panels, structural columns, precast balconies and more for Toll Bros.' 13-story apartment high-rise.
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Shoring of cracked girders complete at troubled Salesforce Transit Center
The four-level shoring system is designed to take the weight off the two cracked beams so technicians can continue working to determine the cause.
UPDATED: Oct. 16, 2018 at 9:57 a.m.
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$1B New York NHL arena targets spring construction start
New York Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky said the 18,000-seat venue and surrounding development on surplus land at Belmont Park will be ready for the 2021 season.
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Study: Managing costs tougher for firms than finding talent
Costs are a challenge for more construction industry companies than finding and retaining labor, according to a new survey, but the latter continues to sap budget dollars for technology and fleet upgrades.
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Construction underway on CA$1.2B Toronto 'integrative' rehab hospital
EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare will build, finance and maintain the campus, the entirety of which was designed with senior and wheelchair access in mind.
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What the construction industry can expect post-Hurricane Michael
A shortage of building materials and manpower are among the challenges ahead for contractors performing work in the devastated Florida Panhandle.
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EB-5 investors sue Florida developer for alleged $99.5M fraud
Ninety Chinese plaintiffs claim that Nicholas Mastroianni II, head of the U.S. Immigration Fund, misused their investment in a mixed-use project through several shell companies.
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Skanska wins contract for Massachusetts Triple-A ballpark
The preconstruction/design contract includes the up to $90 million, 10,000-seat stadium, which is part of a $240 million downtown Worcester development plan.
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Rezoning approved for $850M Texas mixed-use district
Developers worked with Frisco officials to address locals' concerns about density and traffic congestion, following denial of the rezoning request in May.
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Fluor stock falls 17% on disappointing Q3 revenue estimates
The firm said that multimillion-dollar charges on two troubled projects put a dent in its projected third-quarter revenue, which falls short of analysts' forecasts.
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5 multistory warehouses pop up amid e-commerce boom
Developments are underway in New York City, Seattle and San Francisco, allowing companies close proximity to high-density population centers.
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ColumnTech Toys: AECOM develops AI-powered tool, Cape drone platform unveils updates
Other announcements include an exoskeleton that reduces a worker's muscle fatigue and an app that creates legally binding video contracts.
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DHS waives environmental rules for Texas border wall work
The Department of Homeland Security can bypass environmental regulations to construct and fill gaps in the barrier in Cameron County, but it says it will remain "committed to environmental stewardship."
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Survey: 65% construction workers fatigued on the job
Every worker participating in a National Safety Council survey reported at least one risk factor for fatigue, which 71% of employers said hampers productivity.
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How smarter use of data can boost project quality, competitive advantage
Contractors using tools like BIM and reality capture to improve their work output have a competitive edge, said panelists at the Advancing Construction Quality conference last week.
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Covestro announces EU1.5B investment in Houston-area plant
The German polymer supplier chose to expand its Baytown, Texas, site — which already employs 1,000 — due to the area's low costs and existing infrastructure.
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Deep Dive7 giant airport projects around the world take flight
Global airport construction is valued at $737.3 billion as many projects, including some in the U.S., undertake ambitious growth plans to process more passengers and get more planes in the air.
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Lane awarded $253M design-build contract for Florida highway
FDOT tapped Lane Construction Corp. to design and build a nearly three-mile stretch of the $1.6B Orlando-area Wekiva Parkway.
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SponsoredThree ways construction leaders harness digital transformation
The industry's old-school ways mean contractors waste time and money mailing revisions to blueprints, tracking paper receipts and invoices, or traveling long distances to do on-site inspections of small changes.
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Construction costs increased for 23rd consecutive month
Overall construction prices are expected to rise at least through year's end, say industry procurement executives, and some are blaming President Trump's steel and other tariffs.
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Report: International construction market output to hit $13 trillion by 2022
Potential global headwinds include fallout from the U.S.-China trade war and increased borrowing costs, although interest rates are still near all-time lows in many parts of the world.
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Drones, smartphones and tablets taking over jobsites, survey shows
A whopping 92% use smartphones and 57% employ drones, but contractors still struggle to pay for and implement new technologies, according to respondents of JBKnowledge's 2018 ConTech survey.
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Salini Impregilo to lead $12B to $15B Texas bullet train construction
The Italian firm's Lane Construction business unit and other design-build partners will start the engineering and design of the Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail system under a limited notice to proceed.
Infrastructure