Commercial Building: Page 269
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Two NYC firms charged in safety inspection scam
City inspectors started an investigation after a routine check found logs signed by a man who had died a month earlier.
By Ron Gallagher • July 6, 2014 -
Government construction jobs report for June not as rosy as ADP's
The federal jobs report listed 6,600 new construction hires last month, a day after payroll processor ADP said it counted 36,000.
By Ron Gallagher • July 6, 2014 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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One challenge of economic recovery is setting priorities
A concept developed for manufacturing – the Theory of Constraints – is applicable in building for focusing improvement efforts.
By Ron Gallagher • July 3, 2014 -
Shoe company takes LEED to the mall and wins platinum
Puma was able to get a LEED Platinum certification for its store in the Destiny Mall in Syracuse, NY.
By Ron Gallagher • July 2, 2014 -
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ADP data shows June construction workforce largest since '09
Adding 36,000 workers brought total construction employment to about 6.1 million, the payroll-processing company reported as the month closed.
By Ron Gallagher • July 2, 2014 -
New software platforms can compile, illustrate, animate construction packages
Companies have begun to offer online services that let multiple pieces of modeling and design be integrated and shared as a single package and even show work progress graphically.
By Ron Gallagher • July 2, 2014 -
Google project may one day help builders edit 3D room models onsite
Trimble is toying with a Google project called Tango to create Android phone apps that will take editing to your phone and show you pipes and wires you cannot see.
By Ron Gallagher • July 1, 2014 -
Missouri school to build theater that will double as tornado safe room
A new structure going up for the Scott City School District in southeast Missouri will be a performance space that also can withstand an EF-5 tornado.
By Ron Gallagher • July 1, 2014 -
As Highway Trust Fund runs dry, DOT will stop daily payments to states
The Highway Trust Fund is rolling toward red ink and Congress has yet to add money, so the U.S. Department of Transportation is going from daily transfers to twice-a-month allocations.
By Ron Gallagher • July 1, 2014 -
Construction spending up a shade in May
When all was put together, total construction spending ion May was up 0.1% from April, with residential falling this time in an up-and-down pattern that may persist for the year.
By Ron Gallagher • July 1, 2014 -
41,000-person CA town moves ahead with plans for thousands of new homes
New West Communities has agreed to create 500 units of affordable housing as it builds out its 2,200-acre La Entrada project in Coachella, California.
By Ron Gallagher • July 1, 2014 -
EPA wants to smooth conflicting rules on brownfield assessments
Companies that want to develop properties that might have chemical contamination will have to follow only the most ASTM method.
By Ron Gallagher • June 30, 2014 -
Housing advocates sue Sacramento over new NBA arena
A coalition of two housing groups and an environmental organization have filed a suit asking for $40 million from the Sacramento Kings.
By Ron Gallagher • June 30, 2014 -
San Antonio Westside transit center gets go-ahead
The Westside Multimodal Transit Center will be 90,000 square feet and is intended to be a destination as well as a bus station.
By Ron Gallagher • June 30, 2014 -
In NYC, 'affordable' housing means your income is $100K -- or higher
At the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, affordable housing means apartments for families of four making that and above.
By Ron Gallagher • June 29, 2014 -
Developers building 'tall and skinny' skyscrapers in NYC
On what has become known as Billionaires Row – West 57th Street – architects are designing soaring buildings with aspect ration as skinny as 1:23.
By Ron Gallagher • June 29, 2014 -
Developer plots $1B project to build towers on Boston waterfront
Don Chiofaro proposes tearing down the concrete Boston Harbor Garage and erecting 600-foot and a 500-foot officer and residential glass towers and public space.
By Ron Gallagher • June 28, 2014 -
Inspired by landmark London Eye, Brighton to build 'i360'
Marks Barfield Architect is switching from round-and-round with the giant wheel to up-and-down with a design for a 532-foot tower with a glass viewing pod that will rise above the city.
By Ron Gallagher • June 28, 2014 -
Capitol Hill starts to talk Highway Trust Fund legislation
The Senate Finance Committee has begun work on a bill to fund the fund, and the House Ways and Means Committee says it may act next week.
By Ron Gallagher • June 28, 2014 -
Reflecting on doing good and doing well in the construction business
Stewart Perry Co. President Merrill Stewart says he likes to try to keep both the CFO and communities happy with the company's work.
By Ron Gallagher • June 27, 2014 -
Reed forecasts 9.3% rise in total U.S. construction spending in 2014
Reed Construction Data predicts that despite the 2.9% economic contraction in the first quarter, total construction spending will rise.
By Ron Gallagher • June 26, 2014 -
Commission issues 100,000th crane operator certification
The organization says standardized training has helped reduce fatal accidents involving cranes on construction sites and elsewhere.
By Ron Gallagher • June 26, 2014 -
Stalled World Trade Center building gets money to restart
Developer Larry Silverstein will get to use $159 million in escrowed insurance money from the 9/11 attack to restart 3 World Trade Center.
By Ron Gallagher • June 26, 2014 -
European Patent Office's planned Netherlands tower will dwarf other projects
An 861,000-square-foot building to be erected in Rijswijk, The Netherlands, will be one of the largest Dutch construction projects ever undertaken .
By Ron Gallagher • June 26, 2014 -
Deciding to rent or buy equipment complex decision
Representatives from all aspects of the business are seeing the pluses and minuses of both renting and buying options.
By Ron Gallagher • June 25, 2014
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