Contractor offers advice to Auburn master's students

The real-world advice on being a developer was part of a class in the university's Master of Real Estate Development program.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 24, 2014

Private-sector investors seen as funding source for infrastructure

Institutional investors are looking to step up their participation in infrastructure projects, but those have to be structured with a solid revenue stream.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 24, 2014

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Data center construction

New projects from customers like Meta, Google and Amazon make this a burgeoning sector for contractors.

By Construction Dive staff

Gene McGovern, construction management mastermind, dies at 72

The co-founder of Lehrer/McGovern was a consultant on the new Tappan Zee Bridge construction when he died last week.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 24, 2014

Worker dies after fall at N.C. construction site

The 30-year-old man fell from scaffolding five stories up, a caller told emergency dispatchers shortly before medics pronounced the worker dead at the scene.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 23, 2014

Pa. school districts say state owes them $1B in construction reimbursements

The districts that have undertaken about 350 projects say the state's decision to take care of its budget is ruining theirs.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 23, 2014

1,500 concrete buildings in L.A. at risk of collapse during an earthquake

Building owners may learn they have to worry after university engineers gave the city a list of at-risk buildings.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 23, 2014

SOM advances research on wood-frame high-rises

One architect at the company's Chicago office is driving a deeper understanding of mass-timber structures, which it has shown could be used for a 42-story residential tower.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 22, 2014

New center at NYC's New School turns campus design on edge

The 16-story University Center designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill makes a vertical assembly of quads and buildings that traditionally are spread put horizontally on college campuses.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 22, 2014

Teamwork key to speedy I-5 bridge repair in Washington

Three private contractors formed a team that moved in with the state DOT to speed design, reviews and construction after the Skagit River Bridge was broken last spring.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 22, 2014

While contractors look up, architects' billing index falls again

At the same time that numerous reports say most contractors are feeling good about 2014, the American Institute of Architects' billings index, a leading economic indicator, fell again in December.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 22, 2014

Gigantic crane making its way to N.Y.'s new bridge site

Fluor, which leads the consortium awarded the contract to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River in New York state knew right where it could find a heavy – very heavy – lift crane.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 22, 2014

After losing construction jobs in 2012, Florida seeks workers

The Sunshine State took the hardest hit during the recession, lopping off half of its 700,000-strong construction workforce, and now it has to rebuild.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 21, 2014

Tower cranes face tougher standards

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers says tower cranes must meet the same wind-load designs as buildings, turning that from a suggestion into a requirement.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 21, 2014

Contractors like outlook for 2014, even in public sector

Associated General Contractors found in a nationwide survey that there is more optimism than pessimism in the industry.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 21, 2014

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

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

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