Commercial Building
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$1B Las Vegas Circa Resort & Casino starts concrete work
Construction of the city's first ground-up resort in 30 years, led by McCarthy and Tré Builders, is expected to be complete next year.
By Kim Slowey • April 18, 2019 -
Foxconn releases first bid packages for $10B Wisconsin plant
Bid packages for excavation, concrete work, materials testing and more are due to general contractor Gilbane | Exyte next month.
By Kim Slowey • April 18, 2019 -
$600M Miami transit-oriented development breaks ground
The five-tower, mixed-use development in Coconut Grove is one of southern Florida's biggest projects ever.
By Kim Slowey • April 17, 2019 -
St. Louis' $260M Ballpark Village expansion hits milestone
The Cordish Cos. and contractor Paric Corp. topped off the city's first Class A office in 30 years as part of a mixed-use expansion outside Busch Stadium.
By Kim Slowey • April 16, 2019 -
$252M soccer stadium coming to Sacramento, California
Construction is expected to create between 1,310 and 1,640 jobs while supporting infrastructure work would generate up to 245.
By Kim Slowey • April 15, 2019 -
Salesforce Transit Center repairs could be complete in May
"Sandwiching" cracked and stressed girders with steel plates is underway, but the reopening of the San Francisco transit facility is on hold for now.
By Kim Slowey • April 15, 2019 -
Chicago council approves $6B Lincoln Yards, $7B The 78
As a condition of city subsidies, Sterling Bay and Related must use 30% minority- and 10% woman-owned contractors on their respective mixed-use megaprojects.
By Kim Slowey • April 12, 2019 -
Amazon chooses Whiting-Turner, Kokosing to build $1.5B air cargo hub
The joint venture will reportedly work with designer AECOM and engineer Woolpert on the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport facility.
By Kim Slowey • April 11, 2019 -
World's most expensive place to build is now San Francisco
The city's average construction costs of $416 per square foot increased 5% in 2018 to surpass New York City.
By Kim Slowey • April 11, 2019 -
NYC construction worker fatally struck by stone slab
A coping stone was reportedly either disturbed by or moved for the installation of scaffolding and hit the 51-year-old as he did rehab on the building's facade.
By Kim Slowey • April 11, 2019 -
$4.6B construction bill heads to Washington state's Senate
Public schools and colleges receive record funding and the largest share under the plan, which is part of a national push for infrastructure investment.
By Kim Slowey • April 10, 2019 -
Deep DiveTest lab for timber technology: college campus construction
With 34 mass timber college buildings completed or in the works across the country, the technology is seeing a lot of support despite challenges.
By Hallie Busta • April 10, 2019 -
25 woman-, minority-owned firms graduate from Kansas City Airport project JV's management course
The free training is part of a broader community benefits program that was a condition of the $1.5 billion design-build contract Edgemoor won for the Missouri terminal project.
By Kim Slowey • April 09, 2019 -
Developer-builder to invest $1B in heartland opportunity zones by 2022
Decennial Group aims to direct up to $20 billion of construction to the economically challenged tax havens during the next 10 years.
By Kim Slowey • April 09, 2019 -
The simple safety tweak to boost engagement, competition
AGC conference speakers showed how phones can be paired with interactive Q&A sessions to derive more value from typically blasé safety briefings.
By Kathleen Brown • April 08, 2019 -
Leaders are key to building a culture that motivates, innovates
Competitive advantage lies in an environment that frees employees to experiment and encounter tech's value at their own pace, according to a VDC director and an Autodesk strategist.
By Kathleen Brown • April 08, 2019 -
San Diego airport officials vote to use PLA on $3B airport project
San Diego International Airport staff said agreements with local unions are key to keeping the design-build redevelopment on pace with its five-year schedule.
By Kim Slowey • April 08, 2019 -
Denver starts new bidding process for $233M convention center expansion
The city is looking for a new design-build team after an employee of former manager Trammell Crow allegedly leaked information to bidder Mortenson.
By Kim Slowey • April 08, 2019 -
McCarthy-Mortenson's $1.2B 'agro-defense' facility years delayed, $800M over budget
The Department of Homeland Security maintains its project is on track, though it was reportedly supposed to open in 2018 and cost $400,000.
By Kim Slowey • April 05, 2019 -
$1B Cross Bayou Point in Louisiana picks design-build team
GraceHebert Architects and Ozanne Construction, which have experience working together, will lead the mixed-use project.
By Kim Slowey • April 05, 2019 -
The 10 traits successful contractors have in common
In a packed session of the AGC Convention in Denver last week, a seasoned consultant listed the top habits of the industry's fastest-growing and most profitable companies.
By Kathleen Brown • April 04, 2019 -
DOD awards six ID/IQ contracts for up to $975M of Navy construction
Contractors including Fluor, AECOM and CH2M Hill will compete for Navy construction projects around the world.
By Kim Slowey • April 04, 2019 -
Deep DiveClark rebuilds century-old DC tunnel despite pitfalls
Using progressive design-build, Clark Construction demolished an urban underpass and rebuilt two in its place for CSX rail — without halting train traffic or getting tripped up by strenuous environmental reviews.
By Joe Beeton • April 03, 2019 -
Now hiring: $2B Arizona mine awarding contracts, courting contractors
The owner of the Rosemont open-pit copper mine near Tucson has selected firms for $122 million of early work before construction, which calls for 2,500 workers, begins in earnest later this year.
By Kim Slowey • April 03, 2019 -
Contractor sues developer over 'leaning' Manhattan high-rise
Former construction manager Pizzarotti LLC stopped work, claiming the 58-story structure should have been anchored into bedrock with piles but that Fortis went with a cheaper, less-safe alternative, which the developer denies.
By Kim Slowey • April 03, 2019
