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Calif. would hang subcontractor's wage, tax duties on the prime if sub fails
An amendment to a bill in the California Assembly would make it a contractor's problem if a sub didn't pay wages, remit taxes and the like.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2014 -
Backhoe's rated lift capacity is far from the whole story
Generally, the manufacturer's top-load specification is measured with the boom in one position, but it's less elsewhere.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2014 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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Florida names Skanska-led team for $2.3B highway project
The state said Wednesday that a contract for $2.3 billion will go to a consortium led by Skanska USA.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2014 -
Three hurt as Calif. road project gets off to bad start
Three workers were injured by a board thrown by a truck in a work zone on the first day of the The "Fix 50" project to improve U.S. 50 in Sacramento.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2014 -
Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards struggles to get modular high-rises off the ground
In the Atlantic Yards development where the Brooklyn Nets now play, turning modular units into 32 stories of housing may be proving tougher than hitting a buzzer-beating basket from half-court.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2014 -
Concrete company pays DOJ to make hiring complaint go away
Potter Concrete Ltd. ran into Justice Department allegations that it was asking non-citizen job applicants for different paperwork than it asked from citizens.
By Ron Gallagher • April 22, 2014 -
Busted Bertha brings Seattle tunnel project to 16-month standstill
North America's largest tunnel-boring machine is damaged and needs the one other main bearing made for it.
By Ron Gallagher • April 22, 2014 -
Construction rises 7% in March after two troubled months
Total starts were up 7% from February, but the first quarter wound up being down 2% from 2013, and weather is again catching much of the blame.
By Ron Gallagher • April 22, 2014 -
At age 50, Dallas bank tower headed for new role as residential building
The 52-story First National Bank tower in downtown Dallas is going under the redeveloper's knife.
By Ron Gallagher • April 21, 2014 -
10 best practices for design-build
The Design-Build Institute of America says the arrangement now accounts for 40% of all non-residential design and construction being done today.
By Ron Gallagher • April 21, 2014 -
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 -
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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