Commercial Building: Page 272
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Feds to give $920M to six storm-proofing projects in NY, NJ
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Rebuild By Design program will fund the projects, which take various approaches to preventing a repeat of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2014 -
50 years + math error = cracked Columbia River dam
A repair program is underway for the Wanapum power dam in Washington state to strengthen a section that was built wrong.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2014 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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County designates JV as manager at risk for Atlanta Braves stadium
Banded together under the name American Builders 2017, Brasfield & Gorrie, Mortenson Construction, Barton Malow Company and New South Construction start work this year.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2014 -
Green measure could sink tall building projects in Berkeley, CA
A petition drive hopes to impose rigorous requirements, now voluntary if a developer wants fast-track approvals, on anything over 60 feet high.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2014 -
Irish engineering firm demonstrates BIM's value by starting small
McElroy Consulting Engineers & Project Managers, based in Dublin, used information modeling to demonstrate to itself how it could improve project performance.
By Ron Gallagher • June 3, 2014 -
Developers, builders see apartments staying hot, condos coming up
The National Association of Home Builders' Multifamily Production Index lost one point for market-rate rentals but stayed positive, and condos jumped eight points.
By Ron Gallagher • June 3, 2014 -
Commercial sector turns nonresidential backlog negative for Q1
Associated Builders and Contractors said the infrastructure and heavy industrial segments saw some increase in backlogged work.
By Ron Gallagher • June 3, 2014 -
Granite lands Anchorage, AK airport work valued at $48 million
The firm will perform rehabilitation work on a runway at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
By Ron Gallagher • June 3, 2014 -
Ford's F-150 testing slipped aluminum bodies into deliveries to customers
Back in 2011, the company wanted real-world data on its aluminum-box pickup design, so it made some. It just didn't tell the customers who got them.
By Ron Gallagher • June 2, 2014 -
Group is ready with green certification for parking garages
With a tip of the hat to LEED standards for people-occupied buildings, the Green Parking Council is bringing environmental assessment to construction commercial garages.
By Ron Gallagher • June 2, 2014 -
Total April spending up, but beyond that is a matter of perspective
It was the third month in a row of an overall increase in construction put in place, but what else happened depends on how you slice the data.
By Ron Gallagher • June 2, 2014 -
'Stand-Down' week puts national focus on fall-prevention at construction sites
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it has signed on tens of thousands of businesses to have safety sessions at job sites this week to emphasize the need for ongoing attention to worker safety.
By Ron Gallagher • June 2, 2014 -
Project makes high-quality tilt-up walls a design feature
Early on, concrete and steel became design elements -- not just support -- in an engineering building for the Lower Colorado River Authority.
By Ron Gallagher • June 1, 2014 -
Construction boom town: Would you believe Detroit?
Associated General Contractors' Michigan chapter hears the city ringing with the music of cranes, trucks and scaffolding.
By Ron Gallagher • June 1, 2014 -
Basket plunges, two die at CA bridge-building site
Two workers for the company building a bridge in Winters, California, were in crane-lift basket when it fell 80 feet.
By Ron Gallagher • June 1, 2014 -
Installing new technology when the client wants clean
An Atlanta-area grocer wanted a non-polluting refrigeration system, and the answer is one that uses carbon dioxide rather than conventional refrigerants.
By Ron Gallagher • May 30, 2014 -
Warmington finds a good way to beat the competition is to avoid it
The builder, part of a group of companies that include design and asset management, looks for different designs with market appeal and different property.
By Ron Gallagher • May 30, 2014 -
OR readies next step in road-use-tax experiment
The state is seeking contractors to manage a 5,000-volunteer test of using a fee for miles driven rather than a fuel tax to gather funds for highway construction work.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2014 -
Sign of the recovery: Value of average U.S. construction dispute triples
An annual report from engineering firm Arcadis says the average amount in dispute in the U.S. was $34.3 million last year.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2014 -
MIT researchers concoct hideaway furnishings for micro apartments
At MIT, two researchers have devised beds, desks and cooking areas that tuck themselves away in a modular unit that also can move to change the space.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2014 -
Sound-sensitive fish could derail $3.9B Tappan Zee construction
The Hudson River that the $3.9 billion bridge will cross is home to two sturgeon species that are sensitive to sharp sounds.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2014 -
Study seeks lessons from tall wood buildings
A report from reThinkWood looks at 10 tall – meaning five stories or more – wood buildings from the perspectives of owners, designers, regulators and builders.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2014 -
Locals protest out-of-town selection for New Orleans airport job
Interviews that broke a tie and scored the joint venture of Parsons Odebrecht as construction manager over a local team led to a protest and no decision.
By Ron Gallagher • May 28, 2014 -
Group pushes for single way to measure commercial space
If building owners all measured space the same way, what would happen to comparisons of construction costs?
By Ron Gallagher • May 28, 2014 -
Unapproved drone footage of stadium construction riles Texas A&M
Some foresee drones helping to survey construction sites and record work in progress, but A&M decried an unauthorized sweep that hit YouTube.
By Ron Gallagher • May 28, 2014
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