Commercial Building: Page 287
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U. of Houston keeps hot streak going on national construction exam
Two times in a row, a student in the University of Houston's Construction Management Department has had the nation's highest score.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 20, 2014 -
Young Americans may want homes, but they're not buying
Unable to rustle up down payments or wrestle with the likely cost of home-ownership, people in their 20s are driving the demand for rental housing.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 20, 2014 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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DOT issues new rule to speed up highway, transit reviews
The federal agency says that projects being built in existing rights of way and ones with less than $5 million in federal funding can get faster environmental reviews.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 20, 2014 -
U.S. highway fund likely to hit 'empty' this year
The appropriations approved by Congress last week and signed by President Obama do not make up for sequestration cuts.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 17, 2014 -
Little Rock construction workers unearth 19th century sword
A crew from Clark Construction, preparing to build a parking deck on the site of a 19th century mansion, found the rare military sword.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2014 -
Worker dies after fall at Florida college building
The victim worked for a firm that was doing air-conditioning work in an auditorium at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2014 -
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Construction fence at Texas children's hospital is patients' therapy room
In Fort Worth, Cook Children's is undergoing an expansion, and a construction fence has been turned into a painting project.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2014 -
Gilbane: Construction spending grew 5% in 2013
The firm expects 2014 to see more even growth and higher margin growth for commercial building.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2014 -
Minn. governor seeks $986M for construction projects
Gov. Mark Dayton called it a jobs bill that would repair state colleges, parks, downtown business districts and finish fixing the state Capitol.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2014 -
Crowded San Antonio roads to get lanes in $800M project
One interstate, one highway and a state loop road are targeted in a bid to reduce highway congestion in the seventh-largest U.S. city.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2014 -
Construction materials prices 'unusually well-behaved'—for now
With the overall price index up a tenth of a percent from November to December, ABC's chief economist it may behave nicely for at least a while.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2014 -
U.S. has 32 net-zero-energy commercial buildings
The report is an update from the New Building Initiative, which advocates for buildings that are as energy efficient as possible.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2014 -
Toll Bros starts rebuilding wind-wrecked condo project
A fierce wind storm in Raleigh, N.C. last weekend ripped apart a section of a project where Toll Brothers crews had not yet added all the planned bracing.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2014 -
Wis. construction death confirmed as a fall, but no more details emerge
Officials in Dane County, Wis., where the Edgewater Hotel is being renovated in Madison, disclosed the name of a man who died in a fall Monday.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2014 -
One commercial contractor's view of the top trends of 2013
Englewood Construction Inc., based in Lemont, Ill., says mall reconstruction was big, hospitality was good and restaurants zoomed.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2014 -
Ford's 2015 F-150 will be lighter—and tougher
Ford's 2015 model of the workhorse F-150 pickup will be 700 pounds lighter thanks to the use of military-grade aluminum alloy.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2014 -
Marijuana legal in Colorado—but not if you work construction
State law may allow pot smoking in Colorado now, with Washington state to follow and perhaps others, but the advice to contractors about employee use has not changed.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2014 -
BB&T Ballpark among winners of Global BIM Awards 2013
The stadium in Charlotte, N.C., was received the award for using BIM in a precast-concrete construction project.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 13, 2014 -
Wis. site accident kills one worker
The accident happened Monday at the site where a lakeshore hotel, The Edgewater, is being rehabilitated.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 13, 2014 -
Hey, Congress: The AIA has some items for you to take care of
The American Institute of Architects put together what it calls its punch list of items Congress should take care of to help the economy, especially the construction industry.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 13, 2014 -
Court action forces Vikings Stadium bond sale to take time-out
The state was going to sell the first round of bonds to finance the new Vikings football stadium in Minneapolis on Monday, but a court filing on Friday broke up that play.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 12, 2014 -
Companies looking for project managers to be leaders, too
EDSI, a company that specializes in training project managers, says that industry demand in 2014 will be for managers who can lead their teams to success.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 12, 2014 -
Pa.'s Lehigh Valley to get $175M FedEx facility
It's unclear whether FedEx has lined up a contractor for the project.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 11, 2014 -
Designers: Building resiliency is top priority for 2014
Perkins + Wills architects asked what its building designers think will be most important in 2014. Making buildings that can survive is No. 1.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 10, 2014 -
Federal data shows December decline in construction jobs
Government numbers analyzed by AGC showed a very different result than ADP found in its data – down 16,000 rather than up by 48,000.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 10, 2014
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