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Fire burns apartments under construction in Anaheim, Calif.
Another week, another fire. This blaze did an estimated $2 million in damage to a three-story building.
By Ron Gallagher • April 8, 2014 -
Highway construction risky for workers, but even more risky for drivers
Contractors who work on the nation's highways say 6% of car crashes at job sites killed workers, but 16% killed people in the cars.
By Ron Gallagher • April 8, 2014 -
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Construction Dive editors curate some of the industry’s top stories from this year.
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What would happen if there was no Highway Trust Fund?
Critics of federal bureaucracy say money could do more if it stayed with the states.
By Ron Gallagher • April 8, 2014 -
Chicago plans to banish memory of Cabrini-Green
Those two words came to represent everything that could go wrong with public housing.
By Ron Gallagher • April 8, 2014 -
Conn. contractor pays $2.4M for faking 'disadvantaged business' participation
The FBI, U.S. attorney, Labor Department and Transportation Department jointly went after Manafort Brothers Inc. of Plainville.
By Ron Gallagher • April 7, 2014 -
Bridge, highway contractors suffer shrinking profit margins
An analysis by financial-services company Sageworks found that other types of contractors have enjoyed rising margins in recent years.
By Ron Gallagher • April 7, 2014 -
Global cement giants Holcim and Lafarge plan to merge
Swiss-based Holcim Ltd. and French-based Lafarge say they plan to merge next year and will be divesting interests before then.
By Ron Gallagher • April 7, 2014 -
New Berkeley lab's goal is to test low-energy building innovations
The Facility for Low-Energy Experiments is dedicated to testing how building components will perform in real-life situations.
By Ron Gallagher • April 7, 2014 -
Developer plans 'green roof' at Brooklyn's Barclays Center
A 130,000-square-foot plant-covered roof is in design for the Barclays Center as both a marketing feature and a sound shield.
By Ron Gallagher • April 7, 2014 -
OSHA proposes $2.4M in fines for lead, asbestos exposures
The agency says Olivet Management LLC rushed work without proper protection to get ready for an investor tour.
By Ron Gallagher • April 6, 2014 -
San Francisco bridge specialist Mark A. Ketchum dead at 60
Vice president of OPAC Consulting Engineers and the son and grandson of engineers, Ketchum was taken by cancer.
By Ron Gallagher • April 6, 2014 -
How to prevent nail pops
The APA offers advice on how to get nails to stay put.
By Ron Gallagher • April 4, 2014 -
Construction posts highest jobs number since 2009
The tone varied between two reports on construction employment, but everyone agrees things are moving in the right direction.
By Ron Gallagher • April 4, 2014 -
When the job presents an unusual wrinkle, it's time to find the right sub
Even though most contractors have a "family" of trusted subcontractors, some projects need specialized skills, and finding them takes research and care.
By Ron Gallagher • April 4, 2014 -
Forecast: Steel prices to rise 2.2% for next three years
Australian consulting company IBISWorld is out with a report predicting steel, and thus products made from it, will see a 2.2%-per-year rise starting next year.
By Ron Gallagher • April 3, 2014 -
Court: Federal contractors must follow new rules on hiring the disabled
Companies that do business with the federal government have a new set of standards for hiring the disabled after a court shot down challenges.
By Ron Gallagher • April 3, 2014 -
Religious clothing, grooming brought under U.S. civil rights protection
New guidance out last month from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission makes it clear that businesses cannot ban religious garb unless it and the job cannot be done together.
By Ron Gallagher • April 3, 2014 -
Calif. orders utilities to get new power, but they will not be building
The state ordered two utilities to replace capacity they lost when the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station shut down, but it may come largely from purchases rather than building new generators.
By Ron Gallagher • April 3, 2014 -
Research: Steel-fiber concrete cracks less than bar-reinforced material
Experiments done in Europe found that mixing paper-clip-sized metal fibers into self-compacting concrete produced a better material for some applications.
By Ron Gallagher • April 3, 2014 -
Worker dies in fall at NYC hotel renovation project
The worker was up eight floors on scaffolding Wednesday afternoon when workers in surrounding buildings on West 55th Street in Manhattan saw him fall.
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2014 -
Tappan Zee Bridge builders may see big penalties over fugitive barges
The New York State Thruway Authority says it may withhold as much as $1 million a month in progress payments from Tappan Zee Contractors because another supply barge slipped its moorings last weekend.
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2014 -
Investigators focus on welding in Houston, San Francisco building fires
Fire specialists in the two cities say their best leads are welding at the projects that went up in flames recently.
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2014 -
GSA issues new design standards for government buildings
A new version of the design standard for Public Buildings Service construction and renovation – widely known as P-100 – came out this month.
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2014 -
Nonresidential construction sees small growth in February
In the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures, half of the noncommercial sectors were up and half were down with a net gain of 0.6%.
By Ron Gallagher • April 1, 2014 -
BASF believes new liquid could replace air-entrained concrete
The chemical company says it will have the product ready next year and can replace air in concrete with a 1% mix of a liquid carrying tiny "tennis balls."
By Ron Gallagher • April 1, 2014
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