We completely understand if you were too busy after the New Year's Eve to stay caught up on the week's construction news. Luckily we are back with a rundown of the Construction Dive news posts that proved to be the most popular over the last week.
If you weren't paying attention, you might have missed some great reads about prefab apartments in Los Angeles, as well as a look at labor. Check out the links below to find out more:
- L.A. joins Brooklyn with a prefab apartment construction project—Estimates are that a 102-unit apartment project on Skid Row will go up in about 25% less time than conventional construction would take.
- If construction is coming back to life, who's going to do it?—A lot of workers who lost jobs in the recession are not waiting at the door to get those jobs back, so contractors face shortages.
- SIPs give Manhattan, Kan., energy-efficient firehouses that look good—Using structural insulated panels led to two fire stations that look traditional but save taxpayers money every year.
- Modeling system has a bright idea: Illuminate daylight's effects before construction—Daylight is a complex design aspect, and a company that makes translucent building materials has created a website to help design-build professionals see its effects in advance.
- Five cool time-lapse videos of cities in 2012—How photographers saw change and growth in Kuala Lampur, Chicago, Toronto and San Francisco and the less-cheerful arrival of Sandy in New York City.
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