Commercial Building: Page 277
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What can golf teach the construction business?
A few take-homes from time spent watching the best golfers ply their craft at Augusta National Golf Club.
By Ron Gallagher • April 21, 2014 -
Economists: 2014 construction outlook is mostly sunny
Three economists agree the economy is doing better, but they had some differences on where housing will go this year.
By Ron Gallagher • April 20, 2014 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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March construction employment figures changed little from Feb.
Federal data showed 24 states and the District of Columbia added jobs, but 23 states lost them.
By Ron Gallagher • April 20, 2014 -
Saudi Arabia to build world's tallest building
Saudi Arabia plans to start work this week to eclipse the Burj Khalifa.
By Ron Gallagher • April 20, 2014 -
With $4M payment, Wis. contractor resolves FBI allegations
Court documents made public this week show that Miron Construction Co. Inc. settled a case involving work for school districts.
By Ron Gallagher • April 17, 2014 -
Report: Oil and gas will employ 10% of construction workforce by 2017
FMI figures the ever-burgeoning energy industry that employed 6.4% of construction workers in 2012 will keep needing more.
By Ron Gallagher • April 17, 2014 -
Top U.S. markets for solar installation have some surprises
The list includes such seemingly unlikely cities as Newark, N.J., Raleigh, N.C. and Boston.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2014 -
Construction unearths a section of L.A.'s original lifeline
Digging as part of the $100 million Blossom Plaza development, construction workers seem to have found another section of the city's 1781 first channel to bring water.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2014 -
GM posts price tag for pickup natural-gas fuel option
GM estimates you can save about a dollar a gallon by using compressed natural gas, so you can calculate the payback period for a $9,500 option.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2014 -
Home starts turn sunnier as weather gets warmer
Government figures show March housing starts had such a post-winter boom that they drove the national figure up 2.8% from February.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2014 -
New Ohio River bridge moved 55 feet, setting record
What makes 55 feet a record is that it's how far crews moved a 2,428-foot-long road bridge sideways to rest on refurbished piers between the Kentucky and Indiana shores.
By Ron Gallagher • April 16, 2014 -
Consultant: 3-D building modeling excites investors
British tech consultant Jonas N. Salih says building information modeling creates a larger "wow" factor at presentations to investors.
By Ron Gallagher • April 15, 2014 -
Tenn. highway plans come with a warning about federal funds
The state warned there will be major revisions if the federal Highway Trust Fund is not rescued. Congress and the White House have not yet agreed on a plan to extend the fund beyond the fiscal year.
By Ron Gallagher • April 15, 2014 -
Contractor, Sacramento prepare for two months of U.S. 50 disruption
In what the California Department of Transportation calls the Fix 50 Project, two 2,530-foot-long, three-lane structures known as the W/X Viaduct will get new concrete and seismic reinforcing.
By Ron Gallagher • April 15, 2014 -
Caterpillar's new ad: Let the machine games begin
Various pieces of Cat equipment play a game of stacking blocks in a tower and then removing some and shifting them to the top time after time until....
By Ron Gallagher • April 15, 2014 -
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New York City worker falls to death from Manhattan roof
A worker fell from the roof of a building on West 33rd Street in New York City onto scaffolding protecting pedestrians, the second such death is less than two weeks.
By Ron Gallagher • April 15, 2014 -
Pollution control at the job site: Keeping on the right side of the silt fence
The best time to plan required pollution prevention is before it has a chance to begin and before you learn the hard way what had to be contained.
By Ron Gallagher • April 14, 2014 -
London builders planning hundreds of high-rise projects
London is booming with plans for tall buildings, with more than 230 underway or being planned.
By Ron Gallagher • April 14, 2014 -
GSA wants to barter buildings for renovation work
The government is looking for a company to take two federal buildings in Washington in return for renovations at other buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • April 14, 2014 -
Denver airport project invites public to tour construction site
A program lets people come once a month to see what's inside construction of a hotel and transit station project.
By Ron Gallagher • April 13, 2014 -
Three categories drive March materials prices rise
Increases in nonferrous wire and cable, concrete and asphalt products were enough to produce a 0.5% uptick in the whole materials calculation.
By Ron Gallagher • April 13, 2014 -
What's better: Negotiating or bidding for work?
Negotiating a contract with a client rather than going for the lowest number in a bidding process gives the client the best product and the most flexibility, two pros argue.
By Ron Gallagher • April 13, 2014 -
Research: New concrete mix lasts 120 years
A 4-by-15-foot concrete patch in a driveway at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is made of a new concrete mix that could be a game-changer.
By Ron Gallagher • April 12, 2014 -
Calculating the benefits, risks of subcontracting
More work often means more subcontracting, but it's worth taking a minute to consider what is gained and lost in the process.
By Ron Gallagher • April 10, 2014 -
Brazil's other World Cup problem: Airports
Much of the news about Brazil's efforts to prepare for the soccer tournament has been about stadiums and worker deaths, but there are serious concerns that airport upgrades will not be ready.
By Ron Gallagher • April 10, 2014
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