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Mapping high-impact construction across the US
Approval for Amazon HQ2's Arlington, Virginia, office spaces, expansion for Nashville International Airport and the future largest spherical building in the world round out the update.
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SponsoredAddressing the construction labor shortage with technology and scale
Introducing Workyard, a viable solution to the construction hiring crunch.
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Q&ANew Swinerton CEO talks about growth in conversation with Construction Dive
Eric Foster discusses labor retention, construction technology and the importance of diversification as he takes the reins of the 132-year-old employee-owned company.
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Contractors increasingly involved in shaping blueprints through Generative Design practices
Proponents of generative design believe it can streamline the design process and allow contractors to exert influence that is beneficial to a project’s ultimate design.
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McDermott requests $105M of executive, staff bonuses
The energy contractor, which filed Chapter 11 in January, has asked a bankruptcy judge for $26.8 million in total incentives for 13 management team members with the rest intended for 1,112 other key employees.
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AECOM, Skanska, Katerra, more switch up execs in new year
Suffolk, Granite and Swinerton have all made big personnel changes as well so far this year, and Thornton Tomasetti leadership changes are six-fold. Women and people of color are predictabily underepresented.
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RLB: Construction costs rise 1.2% in Q4; up 5.2% YOY
Although it's no surprise that San Francisco leads the way in costs, the city also had the largest increase in year-over-year costs, at almost 7.8%
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Turner, Tishman Speyer provide free amenities services for construction workers at $3B Hudson Yards jobsite
The contractor and developer team expect 10,000 workers to use its ZO. app for shaves, lunch, massages and more during the course of The Spiral high-rise project.
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10 biggest OSHA fines of 2019
Fall protection violations are by far the most common among the heaviest fines, which reached as high as $1.8 million in 2019.
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Commercial, multifamily construction starts rise 11% YOY in top 20 metros: Dodge
The top 10 metros in the combined category were responsible for 45% of all starts, but multifamily dips will "affect more metros in the coming year," according to a recent Dodge Data and Analytics report.
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Skanska-Corman-McLean JV to start $463M Maryland bridge
Once the design-build bridge and roadway construction is complete, the existing bridge will be demolished and used to create artificial reefs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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Deep DiveMaking the grade: Why school construction costs are climbing and projects are stalling
Contractors that specialize in education, such as Suffolk, Hoar and McCarthy say that labor and material costs, higher health standards and tech-heavy designs are causing some clients to go back to the drawing board.
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Widow sues construction equipment supplier 3M for wrongful death
Plantiffs claim that the 3M lifeline failed to protect the Kiewit-Hoffman East Link Constructors worker from a 35-foot fall at the $3.7 billion East Link rail project in Seattle.
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Skanska's construction division records 245% increase in earnings in 2019
The Swedish multinational recorded an operating margin of 2.4% and operating income of $3.8 billion Swedish krona (U.S. $394 million).
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Design-build takes hold in all but 2 states
The alternative delivery method is approved for use on at least some public projects in nearly every state, but there is still work to be done on the legislative front, says DBIA's director of state and local legislative affairs.
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Bechtel opens NYC office to capitalize on infrastructure opportunities
The top contractor by revenue has opened a Manhattan office to improve work on transit and other projects in the area.
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Report: 2.7M construction jobs could be automated by 2057
The Midwest Economic Policy Institute study suggests a roadmap for helping workers that are displaced by automation.
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Komatsu's bulldozer technology eases skilled labor needs
The Japanese construction equipment manufacturer will showcase new products aimed at easing the shortage of skilled dozer drivers at this year's CONEXPO.
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Truebeck Construction gets a handle on deliveries with app
The contractor used an app on a recent Uber headquarters project for supply chain optimization and said it was able to slash unplanned deliveries to 1%.
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With ex-exec imprisoned for fraud, several SNC-Lavalin subsidiaries banned from public bidding in Quebec, Canada
Six subsidiaries of the Canadian construction giant are now reportedly prohibited for five years in the province after its construction arm and former executive pleaded guilty to fraud last month.
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Construction to start soon on $3.8B Hampton Roads Tunnel-Bridge project
The team of Dragados USA, Vinci Construction, Flatiron Constructors, Dodin Campenon Bernard, HDR and Mott MacDonald will likely begin in spring on the country's second-largest bored tunnel system.
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Jobsites' most universal hazard: personal cell phones
The pervasiveness of mobile phones has left many construction managers wondering how to police workers' use of them on the jobsite.
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Alaska construction spending to near $7B in 2020
The state has a lot of construction going on year after year, with 41,300 jobs related to construction in 2018 averaging wages of almost $80,000 a year.
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Worker killed at $1.5B Amazon airport project in Kentucky
The worker, 46-year-old Loren Shoemake, was an employee of subcontractor Columbus Steel Erectors.
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Construction Dive's 'mini megacities:' 5 construction boom towns
Usually the big coastal cities get all the attention, but this list celebrates the smaller, mostly Midwestern construction markets that are giving them a run for their money when it comes to contractor demand.
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ColumnModular Monitor: PCL, Clark, DPR, Mortenson, others embrace offsite construction
Like their modular competitors, traditional builders are benefiting from the use of prefabricated components.
