Commercial Building: Page 287
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Phone startup offers live Spanish translation tailored to construction
Puente Phone has three contractors testing its phone app, which quickly connects supervisors with translators versed in "construction Spanish" and multiple dialects.
By Ron Gallagher • July 18, 2014 -
June materials price report may spell more expensive second half
Materials overall were up 0.1% from May's prices, which is not huge but continues a change from 2013's relative stability.
By Ron Gallagher • July 17, 2014 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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Flooding report has big implications for builders
The Reuters analysis shows East Coast flooding has increased significantly in recent decades.
By Ron Gallagher • July 17, 2014 -
Builders have options for concrete slurry disposal
The EPA limits landfill disposal of as-is slurry, and rules for reducing silica dust are making more of it.
By Ron Gallagher • July 17, 2014 -
Patchwork rescue of Highway Trust Fund clears House
An arrangement to keep the fund from drying up passed, 367-55.
By Ron Gallagher • July 16, 2014 -
Physics 1, Crane 0: AC unit lands with a bang on Texas roof
A telescoping crane placing an air-conditioning unit on a roof at an Abilene, Texas, construction site wound up on the building itself.
By Ron Gallagher • July 16, 2014 -
New BIM offering brings underground utilities into designs
A product from Bentley Systems allows merging subsurface utility data with other BIM applications for surface engineering and buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • July 16, 2014 -
Roundable sees housing construction growth through 2017, but then what?
The economy is growing, builders and finance executives said at the annual PCBC conference on the housing industry.
By Ron Gallagher • July 16, 2014 -
KDC picked to develop Toyota's U.S. headquarters in Texas
Toyota said the Dallas-based company can come up with the environmentally sensitive project the automaker wants.
By Ron Gallagher • July 15, 2014 -
House, Senate take first steps toward Highway Fund rescue
They differ on details, but the congressional committees responsible for the fund have each passed proposals for a $10.8 billion temporary rescue.
By Ron Gallagher • July 14, 2014 -
AECOM will put up $4B and take on URS debt in acquisition deal
The combined headquarters will be in Los Angeles as AECOM becomes a 95,000-employee company.
By Ron Gallagher • July 13, 2014 -
Pre-fab pieces for bridge bents cut time, add earthquake resistance
A team of research engineers from the Universities of Washington and Nevada have devised a technique for precast columns and plan to test it on a shake table.
By Ron Gallagher • July 13, 2014 -
Police say worker on jobsite took video of tenant showering
In New York City, a woman looked at her bedroom window one morning and saw a cell phone propped on a bucket on a fire escape, recording video of her.
By Ron Gallagher • July 13, 2014 -
$110M distribution center with 3 million square feet to go outside Atlanta
Backers for the project, set for 183 acres, estimate it will take three years to construct.
By Ron Gallagher • July 11, 2014 -
British firm's plan: Change world construction with LEGO-style blocks
Kite Bricks says its new product is energy-efficient, faster to use, and a snap for installing power and plumbing.
By Ron Gallagher • July 11, 2014 -
Above San Francisco Bay, new U.S. labs can simulate range of climates for designers
Lessons learned in four small, new buildings constructed as environmental laboratories will contribute to how offices are designed and built for comfort and energy efficiency.
By Ron Gallagher • July 10, 2014 -
Downtown Seattle construction surpasses pre-recession peak
The city's downtown booster group reports that 50 projects valued at $2.8 million were underway as of June and the same number had been permitted or are "ready to begin."
By Ron Gallagher • July 10, 2014 -
CNG-fueled dump trucks will let NJ hauler double fleet for same fuel price
The owner of MJF Materials will have 50 trucks for hauling sand and stone to asphalt and concrete plants, twice what he began this year with, and will pay half the cost of the diesel-fuel equivalent.
By Ron Gallagher • July 10, 2014 -
New Atlanta NFL stadium architect team scored with audacious roof design
The team led by 360 Architecture took a challenge-the-rules approach to its pitch to the Atlanta Falcons and brought a working model of an inspired retracting roof.
By Ron Gallagher • July 10, 2014 -
Deep Dive
How Hoar Construction is breaking into the growing D.C. market
“To be a major player you want to hit some key markets -- and D.C. is as good as anywhere in the country.”
By Alex Nowicki • July 10, 2014 -
German researcher adapts drone for faster, easier building inspections
The eight-rotor craft can quickly access buildings up close and easily get to hard-to-reach places while producing up to 1,200 high-resolution photos in a 15-minute fight.
By Ron Gallagher • July 10, 2014 -
Lamar Construction shuts down contracting operations
Based in Hudsonville, Michigan, the company said its structural steel operation will go on, but general contracting in Michigan, Kentucky and Colorado is over.
By Ron Gallagher • July 9, 2014 -
Pension agency report supports worry about future of multi-employer plans
Multi-employer plans are important for union builders and contractors, but the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. says it's out of resources to protect beneficiaries.
By Ron Gallagher • July 9, 2014 -
Detroit residency requirement a challenge for hockey arena construction
When it turned over land for a new home for the Red Wings, the city included a provision that 51% of the construction workforce had to live in Detroit.
By Ron Gallagher • July 8, 2014 -
Museum wall to be made in Cleveland, erected in Washington
NorthStar Contracting Inc. got a $41 million assignment to manufacture the facade of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
By Ron Gallagher • July 8, 2014
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