Commercial Building: Page 12

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    Market headwinds force owners to hit the brakes on EV projects

    Financing woes, soaring material prices and waning demand are causing auto and battery makers to delay jobs, even those that have already started.

    By • Aug. 13, 2024
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    Disney’s kingdom is expanding

    The entertainment giant has revealed plans for new attractions at its theme parks in Orlando, Florida, and Anaheim, California.

    By • Aug. 13, 2024
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    Trendline

    Data center construction

    New projects from customers like Meta, Google and Amazon make this a burgeoning sector for contractors.

    By Construction Dive staff
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    Rio Grande LNG ruling underscores risk of megaprojects

    After Bechtel won a $4.3 billion contract for Train 4 of the Texas energy facility, a court overturned the project’s federal authorization, putting its timeline in doubt. 

    By • Aug. 12, 2024
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    Turner launches new heat safety study

    Building on a program from last summer, the contractor will measure the impact of high temperatures on 200 workers this month.

    By • Updated Aug. 12, 2024
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    Opinion

    Successful mentorship is a 2-way street

    Bidirectional mentoring isn’t just valuable, the future of our industry depends on it, writes Nancy Novak, chief innovation officer of Compass Datacenters.

    By Nancy Novak • Aug. 8, 2024
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    Purdue University’s capital plan includes $239M for construction and renovation

    The spending blueprint calls for a $160 million life sciences project, a $56 million dormitory and a $23 million renovation of the student union and library. 

    By • Aug. 6, 2024
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    US hotel construction pipeline grows to new highs — again

    In Q2 2024, hotels in the total pipeline grew 9% annually, with extended stay remaining popular and upper midscale leading other segments, according to Lodging Econometrics.

    By Jenna Graber • Aug. 6, 2024
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    Project Wins

    Florida contractor wins luxury condo tower project

    Coastal Construction will lead preconstruction on the next phase of a Tampa waterfront development.

    By • Updated Aug. 9, 2024
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    Project Milestones

    Turner-Walsh JV breaks ground on contested, $800M Northwestern University stadium

    The new Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois, will have 12,000 fewer seats, allowing it to host smaller events in addition to football, but some local residents are fighting it.

    By • Aug. 5, 2024
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    Marriott to emphasize conversions over new builds, CEO says

    The hospitality company is scaling back on new projects largely due to the high cost and complex financing involved in ground-up construction, according to its second quarter earnings call.

    By • Aug. 5, 2024
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    July 2024 wins: Contractors report their latest awards

    Construction Dive rounds up the newest project wins from some of the country’s biggest builders including Granite, Gilbane, Tutor Perini, Bechtel and McCarthy.

    By Construction Dive Staff • July 31, 2024
  • Construction workers help build a mixed-use apartment complex which will hold over 700 units of apartment housing and 95,000 square feet of commercial space on January 25, 2024 in Los Angeles
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    Construction job openings plummet 19%

    Analysts continue to attribute major changes in labor demand to residential construction, as the commercial sector retains momentum.

    By • July 31, 2024
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    Q&A

    DPR lead sees growing demand for US life sciences projects

    The firm is deploying tech earlier in the design process to influence sequencing and how the facilities are built, before extending it to the jobsite to track and manage progress.

    By • July 30, 2024
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    Project Wins

    Skanska to manage $6.5B St. Petersburg redevelopment project

    The Florida city has tapped the contractor as the owner’s representative for the biggest development in Tampa Bay history.

    By • Updated July 31, 2024
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    McCarthy breaks ground on $3.7B medical build

    The California Tower in Sacramento will feature a 14-story hospital facility and a five-story pavilion, adding 334 private patient rooms.

    By • July 29, 2024
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    Project Wins

    Indiana GC to build $100M Toyota manufacturing facility

    Force Construction will add 295,000 square feet to the Toyota Material Handling campus in Columbus, Indiana.

    By • July 29, 2024
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    US cities sharpen focus on building performance standards to meet net-zero goals

    Over 40 cities will have these standards in place by 2026, compelling building owners to prioritize energy efficiency and emissions reduction measures, according to a report from JLL.

    By Nish Amarnath • July 26, 2024
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    Bechtel wins second phase of massive Texas LNG project

    The Reston, Virginia-based builder continues to work on the Port Arthur project’s first phase, a $13 billion undertaking that will finish between 2027 and 2028.

    By • July 26, 2024
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    Let the games begin: A glimpse at Paris’ new Olympic venues

    Recently constructed facilities for the Summer Games include an aquatics center, climbing walls and a gymnastics and badminton arena.

    By • July 26, 2024
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    Economic Reports

    The 9 largest commercial construction starts of June 2024

    Total groundbreakings plummeted to kick off the summer, but included a $1.5 billion data center in Ohio and $1 billion multifamily building in Florida.

    By • July 24, 2024
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    Project Wins

    McCarthy tapped for $145M athletic center

    The 110,000-square-foot complex is anticipated to be completed and occupied in 2029, per the builder.

    By • July 23, 2024
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    ABC endorses Trump

    The construction association announced its support for the former president on Monday as it lambasted Biden administration policies such as mandating project labor agreements on many federal projects.

    By • July 23, 2024
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    Electrical contractor settles EEOC claims that VP refused candidates outside of ‘ideal age range’

    The case is one of several in which an employers’ alleged use of coded language became potential evidence in an age discrimination claim.

    By Ryan Golden • July 23, 2024
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    Class A offices ‘the winner in this market’: Skanska CEO

    U.S. infrastructure work accounted for a large portion of the Swedish firm’s profits in Q2.

    By • Updated July 23, 2024
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    Gilbane scores $110M Richmond baseball stadium

    The planned 10,000-seat Richmond Diamond District Ballpark will be the home of the Flying Squirrels, an affiliate of the MLB’s San Francisco Giants.

    By • July 22, 2024