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Chinese developer completes $1B Metropolis, thanks to Los Angeles' design-permitting process
Greenland USA credited the city's Parallel Design-Permitting Process as helping speed up construction of the four-building project, which hasn't been as easy for other Chinese mega-project developers in California.
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Dive Rewind: Looking back at the top construction headlines of 2019
Aside from a number of catastrophes, it was a banner year for U.S. construction firms, with many executives reporting that business has never been better.
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Concrete firm charged for using staffing company to re-hire undocumented workers
Speed Fab-Crete in Texas and the staffing agency are on the hook for felonies after they were found to be harboring some of the same workers ICE discovered during an earlier Form I-9 audit.
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NY approves $51B MTA capital plan, its largest ever
Kicking off the massive program, the transit agency announced that it is seeking qualified design-build firms for work on 23 subway and rail stations.
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Gov. Cuomo signs NYC design-build legislation
City officials have long claimed that using design-build for public works and other projects could save the city time and money.
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Presidential election, mixed economic outlook to affect builders in 2020
Economists see many positive signs for construction this year, but warn that a contentious presidential race could cause potential clients to adopt a wait-and-see attitude.
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Union accuses Amazon contractors of wage-related violations in Virginia
An Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' report focuses on drywall subcontractors and the lower-tier subcontractors they reportedly hired to perform work on six projects involving four owners at sites near HQ2.
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Construction worker killed in struck-by accident on Virginia jobsite
The worker died at a nearby hospital after rebar being lifted by a crane fell and struck him. Fairfax County police are investigating the incident.
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Illinois commits $25M to diversify construction, building trades
Apprenticeships are growing in popularity as a solution to issues with both access and labor.
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Levelset draws $30M of investment, including funds from Darren Bechtel of Brick & Mortar
The New Orleans-based tech firm that helps smooth out the contractor payment process has now collected $47 million of outside funding.
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On site: How the $6B American Dream was built
After multiple designs and many stops and starts, PCL Construction is completing the giant shopping and entertainment mecca outside of New York City. Construction Dive has an exclusive look at what went into its construction.
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Newly patented 3D construction printer can reportedly create 60-foot-long concrete slabs in less than 1 minute
Armatron Systems plans to license the technology, which allows builders to make cement slabs from one-quarter inch to 30 inches thick, it says.
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$810M phase of Texas Rangers sports, entertainment district construction approved by Arlington council
Total investment in the district, which includes the $1.1 billion Globe Life Field, convention center and hotel, could reach $4 billion.
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Dive Awards
The Construction Dive Awards for 2019
From a leader that's driven one of the world's biggest firms through a massive refocusing to a modular builder that's set to stack disruption onto its traditional foundation, these are firms and people changing construction for the better.
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Deep DiveThe Dotted Line: How contractors are finding and vetting subcontractors
General contractors risk violating contract clauses if they can't find labor, but savvy, well-established GCs have ways of finding subs, and it’s more about relationship-building than anything else.
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Dive Awards
Executive of the Year: Richard Kennedy, Skanska USA
Looking back on his 15 years leading one the nation's largest builders, he says, "You have to stand for something more than just quarterly and annual results," such as enterprising solutions that underline safety, diversity and inclusion.
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Dive Awards
Luminary of the Year: Mittie Cannon, Power Up
Her grassroots workforce development program aimed at helping empower young women to step into roles that will solve the construction industry's labor shortage has grown to five states and Guam.
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Dive Awards
Company of the Year: Haskell
Haskell not only embraces technology, but actively invests and innovates in the space to establish itself as a leader in a changing construction climate.
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Dive Awards
Modular Builder of the Year: Skender
Skender says it's perfecting a business proposition that not only solves myriad problems the industry faces, but helps evolve construction as a practice into the most vertically-integrated, efficient process possible.
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Dive Awards
Innovator of the Year: Predictive Analytics Strategic Council
Thirteen major contractors and an insurance firm joined forces to help combat jobsite safety incidents via tech-enabled tools.
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Skanska's Empire State renovation takes construction to another level
A 30-ton cocoon structure 102 stories up shielded the public from construction while protecting workers and materials from the elements.
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AI-based constructability review firm joins accelerator program known for boosting contech startups
Tel Aviv-based Firmus is coming to the U.S. next year with a platform that leverages artificial intelligence and historical data to help construction companies learn from previous mistakes.
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Fire at $1B Globe Life Field stadium in Texas won't delay March opening
The Arlington Fire Department said it responded to a two-alarm fire at the Manhattan Construction Co.-led project and found "significant smoke and flames" emanating from a subfloor near the fifth floor of the ballpark.
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Tutor Perini will take $119M charge, still appeal breach of contract verdict in $2B Washington DOT project litigation
Tutor Perini said it would take the charge in the fourth quarter after a state court jury awarded the Washington State DOT $57.2 million in a lawsuit centered on the SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement project on which the GC worked with Dragados USA.
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Atlanta transit authority approves $27B regional plan
The plan includes 192 projects, with $21 billion earmarked for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
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