Commercial Building
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$3B Hudson Yards tower tops July's construction starts
The top 10 starts on ConstructConnect's list of commercial, residential, civil, institutional and industrial projects point to a healthy overall market.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 20, 2018
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In a first, Hilton goes modular for San Francisco hotel project
Hilton hopes that its — and the city's — first-ever modular-built hotel, a Home2 Suites project, will compress the building schedule and realize a faster return on investment.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 20, 2018
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AGC panel posits ways contractors can survive in a time of 'peak disruption'
Tech leaders from Skanska, Mortenson, McCarthy and more are conferring strategies for maximizing innovation and investment at an Associated General Contractors event in Chicago this week.
By Kathleen Brown • Aug. 17, 2018
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Deep DiveBusiness Toolbox: When should contractors say no to new business?
Construction companies are often reluctant to turn down work, but seasoned contractors and accountants say there are some good reasons to walk away.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 16, 2018
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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.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 15, 2018
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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.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 14, 2018
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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.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 14, 2018
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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.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 14, 2018
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Adaptive reuse proposed as separate property category
With an official definition, real estate orginization CCIM Institute said the industry can measure investment in the sector and use those figures to encourage development.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 14, 2018
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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.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 14, 2018
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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.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 14, 2018
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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.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 13, 2018
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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."
By Laurie Cowin • Aug. 10, 2018
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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.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 10, 2018
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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%.
By Laurie Cowin • Aug. 09, 2018
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Army Corps of Engineers credited for saving vets hospital
A state official said the agency's construction management turned around the delay-ridden, budget-busting $1.7 billion Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora, Colorado.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 08, 2018
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Industry could be overspending $177B per year, study finds
Low adoption of technology, among other factors, has managers wasting up to 14 hours weekly, or 35% of their time, on non-optimal tasks, according to a PlanGrid/FMI Corp. report.
By Kathleen Brown • Aug. 07, 2018
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NYC's hotel building process long, but could get longer
The permitting process alone takes 56% longer for hotels than it does for other types of buildings in the Big Apple and a new law may extend it even more.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 07, 2018
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St. Louis sees a $750M hotel construction boom
The growth is being driven by demand from the city's burgeoning tech industry and a desire to draw in more convention business.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 06, 2018
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CDC, OSHA: Heat stress risk starts at 85 degrees Fahrenheit
The Centers for Disease Control suggested that employers start screening workers for heat stress when the heat index reaches 85 F rather than the 91 F OSHA currently recommends.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 03, 2018
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First phase of $3.6B Salt Lake City airport redevelopment hits halfway mark
The Salt Lake City International Airport project is the largest construction undertaking in Utah history.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 03, 2018
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Omaha beats other US metros in hotel growth
The Nebraska city's number of rooms has increased 16% in the last five years, exceeding the nation overall by nine points.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 03, 2018
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Messer Construction wins $144M Nashville airport design-build contract
Messer's terminal parking garage and airport administrative office building represent one contract in a broader $1.2 billion expansion.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 02, 2018
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Change order amid delays prompts termination threats for Canadian hospital contractor
Alberta officials gave Graham Construction 15 days to get the beleaguered CA$763 million Grande Prairie Regional Hospital project back on track.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 02, 2018
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How AI can drive the most value for construction
Despite the industry's reluctance toward artificial intelligence, experts said it can help companies expedite early processes, create the best plans for a given project and identify if a project is going awry.
By Laurie Cowin • Aug. 01, 2018