Hawaii predicts building activity to soar

After some fluctuation, the construction industry in Hawaii is poised for a 23% growth this year.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 24, 2014

New scoring process aims to cut time for certifying green federal buildings

The Green Building Initiative devised the program to parallel its initiative for existing buildings.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 24, 2014

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Net-zero energy construction showcased in San Diego research center

The J. Craig Venter Institute comprises a 28,600-square-foot office wing and a lab wing with 12,605 square feet.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 24, 2014

USM throws its name in the Virginia Beach arena hat

The company's $200M plan would be privately financed.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 23, 2014

Renovation, consolidation at Memphis airport will use local contractors

The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority's $114 million project is committed to extensive hiring of local companies.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 22, 2014

Personal contact is still important in business

Handwritten notes and snail-mail seems to trump email in customer relations. 

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 21, 2014

Equipment, records, video frozen in probe of fatal Texas accident

An attorney representing the family of a man killed in an accident at Baylor University told a judge he feared some material would disappear.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 20, 2014

Skyjack contest finds 1985 unit still operating in its home town

Canadian lift-maker Skyjack had a marketing idea a year ago: A contest to find the oldest, still-working scissor rig in the world. 

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 20, 2014

Thinking of getting a Ram EcoDiesel? Too late

Ram says its entire 2014 allocation of 1500 pickups with the new 3-liter diesel engine was seized in just three days.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 20, 2014

Workers back at Panama Canal after partial deal

The consortium contracted to build the Panama Canal expansion has sent some workers back onto the job after an agreement with the Panama Canal Authority, but no one is saying what tasks they are performing.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 20, 2014

Growth prescription for S.C. med group: Two 150,000-SF buildings

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians is teaming up with an Ohio developer to create a 4,500-acre health campus outside Charleston.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 20, 2014

Progress to save Highway Trust Fund in Senate

The chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee says she's looking to have a plan moving by April.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 19, 2014

Do January materials prices signal an end to stability?

Associated Builders and Contractors says the price of overall construction materials has been unusually stable for a while now.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 19, 2014

Sri Lankan tower eyeing record with top-to-bottom green

An apartment building to be completed in 2016 aims to be the world's tallest vertical garden.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 19, 2014

Dump truck touches wire, two die at contractor's yard

A dump truck driver was electrocuted when his vehicle came in contact with a power line, and his boss died trying to help him.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 19, 2014

Sentencing announced for N.Y. company, owner that shorted workers' pay

Applied Construction Inc. did not follow contract requirements on project for New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 18, 2014

FMI index for noncommercial construction rises for this quarter

The consulting company's industry panel expects growth in business and essential hiring this year.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 18, 2014

Developers' plans turn empty Dallas downtown tower into 24-hour activity hub

A New York firm, a Dallas developer, and the city are backing a plan to recreate 52 vacant floors of offices – the First National Bank – as a thriving mixed-use project.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 18, 2014

Feds plan to demand more mileage from construction, other heavy trucks

President Obama has upped the fuel-efficiency effort for medium and heavy trucks, which already have to get as much as 20% better mileage by 2018.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 18, 2014

Medium for Fla. project is curved tilt-up concrete

A corporate headquarters in West Palm Beach called for a curved concrete wall all across the front, with two stories of manufacturing behind.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 17, 2014

Builders see multifamily continuing to lead recovery

At the International Builders' Show, a panel on multifamily housing concluded that despite a potential slowdown, it will still do better than predicted.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 17, 2014

Start planned this year on transit-oriented Atlanta-area project

KDC is the developer for the project, which will have 2.2 million square feet of office space serviced by a 200-room hotel and other amenities in Dunwoody.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 17, 2014

Graves force Ole Miss to park hospital garage on another site

The discovery of as many as 1,000 graves forced the university to find a new location for its medical center's planned parking garage.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 14, 2014

Robots taking over job sites? Harvard engineers working on it

At Harvard University, engineers are experimenting with robots working in a team the way individual termites follow scent trails.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 13, 2014

Fla. congressman ready to pull government out of VA hospital project

A hospital that the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital has been trying to build in Orlando is far behind schedule and far over budget, and Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., says he's had it.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 13, 2014