Commercial Building: Page 2
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Report: Expect more and taller skyscrapers
Researchers projected that the tallest skyscraper in 2050 will be more than 3,720 feet high and that there is a chance it will even surpass one mile.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 28, 2018
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Balfour Beatty plans to ramp up offsite construction in the UK
The construction giant claimed that its goal of reducing the United Kingdom's volume of onsite construction 25% by 2025 would increase speed, quality and safety while potentially creating thousands of jobs.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 28, 2018
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University of Wisconsin approves $1.9B capital construction program
The focus will be on the renovation or replacement of campus structures built prior to 1979 that have gone largely ignored since then.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 27, 2018
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Tariffs rain on Seattle's building boom
The extra duties on steel and aluminum are forcing developers in several other markets as well to expand their budgets, according to a large construction firm's cost index tracker.
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 27, 2018
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Oakland A's have BIG plans for ballpark
Wanting an innovative new stadium, the MLB team enlisted Bjarke Ingels Group in a deal it says will be a "game changer."
By Kim Slowey • Aug. 24, 2018
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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
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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 at 9 a.m.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 conferred strategies for maximizing innovation and investment at an Associated General Contractors event in Chicago last week.
By Kathleen Brown • Aug. 17, 2018
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ColumnBusiness 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