Kiewit vets subs for $1B Michigan power plant

The general contractor could spend $200 million on local subcontractors, workers and suppliers for DTE Energy's natural gas-fueled plant.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 24, 2018

Report: Katerra suffers growing pains

Despite being an industry darling, the tech-driven offsite construction startup founded in 2015 is reportedly struggling with quality and personnel issues. 

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 23, 2018

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Deal ends 17-day strike in Seattle

Crane operators and other construction workers are back to work today after more than two full weeks of protests, following a tentative deal between a union and the Associated General Contractors of Washington.

By Kim Slowey • Updated Sept. 7, 2018

Sacramento latest city to mandate local hiring

The new ordinance requires a 50% local workforce for covered projects, which some say is contentious and harmful to the industry.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 23, 2018

San Francisco to expand background checks on contractors after deadly tunnel accident

The city will intensify its screening of contractors following a revelation that a contractor being investigated in the Twin Peaks Tunnel incident may have had a history of undisclosed safety violations. 

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 22, 2018

Skanska VP: Tech adoption no longer a choice for contractors

To meet owners' requirements and attract younger workers, Stacy Scopano says contractors need to ramp up use of AI, AR/VR and other technologies.

By Kathleen Brown • Aug. 22, 2018

Contractors expect more change in next 5 years than past 50

Companies that believe "great change is imminent" are six times more likely to innovate, an AGC study titled "Managing Risk in the Digital Age" found.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 22, 2018

$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

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

AGC panel posits ways contractors can survive in a time of 'peak disruption'

Tech leaders from Skanska, Mortenson, McCarthy and more conferred strategies for maximizing innovation and investment at an Associated General Contractors event in Chicago last week.

By Kathleen Brown • Aug. 17, 2018

Business 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 9, 2018

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. 8, 2018

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. 7, 2018

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. 7, 2018