No matter how good the past, your best year is next year

A story about a longtime athletic trainer at Sewanee serves to illustrate that the only opportunities you have are in the future; the past is only a memory.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 25, 2013

WTC debate and a big Cleveland deal: The week's most read construction news

Catch up on the most popular reads of the last week on Construction Dive. You'll be smarter for doing so.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 25, 2013

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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.

By Construction Dive staff

Cave-in danger among citations in $280,880 OSHA fines at power plant

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is levying the fines on six contractors who are building a biomass power plant in Berlin, N.H.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 24, 2013

Trench collapse kills Missouri worker on residential street

Details were scant, but the man died in a 7- to 10-foot deep trench while making a sewer connection, initial reports said, a situation that has been the focus of federal OSHA enforcement activity.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 24, 2013

In La., shopping-center project resurrected from the recession

Livingston Parish, La., will get a commercial center, Juban Crossing, which had been languishing since it was announced in 2006.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 24, 2013

LEED v4 likely to bring changes to construction materials generally

The ;latest version of the leading worldwide standard for green-building certification offers more opportunity to score with materials used in construction.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 24, 2013

OSHA: Latino construction workers more likely to die on NYC sites

A new report being released Thursday highlights a serious issue for New York projects.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 24, 2013

Crane toppling into soft ground claims life of Minn. worker

The accident happened when a crane that was lifting a beam fell over at the site and the cab was partially submerged in soft soil.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 23, 2013

Calif. reopens probe of June death of worker at Levi's Stadium

The state has notified Schindler Elevator Corp. that it is taking another look at incident, which occurred at the future home of the 49ers.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 23, 2013

Snow-plowing for deployed troops' families ready for winter again

This winter will be the fourth year of a program called SnowCare for Troops in which landscapers and other professionals use their plowing equipment to help families of troops serving overseas.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 23, 2013

Architects' group hails SEC nod to crowd-funding as help for construction

The Securities and Exchange Commission has decided to put together regulations that would let startup companies sell shares through crowd-funding websites, and the American Institute of Architects says that's great.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 23, 2013

UK company testing glow-in-the-dark street, sidewalk coating

The company has devised a spray-on material that absorbs ultraviolet light during the day and releases it back as visible light when the sun stops shining.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 22, 2013

Critical Path Method software has a large presence in construction, survey finds

A survey by WPL Publishing found, based on 400 responses from contractors and others, that 91% have used Critical Path Method software, with Microsoft Project the most common.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 22, 2013

Hillside Seattle—great views, but sizable earthquake/landslide risk

California is known for earthquake risks, but Seattle sits next to a fault, too, and new research shows the potential for more problems from sliding than shaking.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 22, 2013

Recession over, D.C. condo project comes out of hibernation

While many things seem not to be working in Washington, D.C., a 63-unit condominium project that was put on hold during the recession is back in gear.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 22, 2013

Construction jobs up 20,000 in September: Worth the wait?

Federal officials, back from the furlough, push out jobs numbers that put construction unemployment at a six-year low.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 22, 2013

Impact-resistant glass: It's not just for hurricane country anymore

Window makers are offering the glass in a range of products now, finding that building codes are requiring it outside of traditional markets.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 21, 2013

Council will decide if One World Trade has a spire or antenna

Does New York City's new tower have a 1,776-foot-tall American icon, or is it structurally just a big building with an antenna?

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 21, 2013

Can slower 'high-speed' rail in Calif. keep enough public support?

Five years ago, voters approved $10 billion in bonds to start on a bullet-train connection from Los Angeles top San Francisco, but there is anti-rail sentiment where work is to begin.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 21, 2013

Candians looking for labor, Irish looking for jobs: Happy match

In British Columbia, contractors say they cannot find enough skilled labor, so they have been looking in Ireland and finding what they want.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 21, 2013

Turner scores $260M Cleveland hotel project as council begins review

Public funding would be provided for the deal under legislation being considered.

By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 21, 2013

Don't undercut your success with easy mistakes that can lose business

Anyone who is serious about running a business is looking for ways to bring in business and convert it to profit, but it's also important to avoid some too-easy habits that can repel customers.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 20, 2013

GM raises Sierra, Silverado prices as demand picks up

General Motors has raised the sticker prices of Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups, some of whose models were introduced at or only slightly over 2013 prices.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 20, 2013

Shutdown-ending law will mean construction dollars

The law that ended the partial federal government shutdown and averted an end to borrowing contained some notable provisions, including a higher spending cap for a Corps of Engineers project on the Ohio River.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 20, 2013

We are what we speak, in new words or old ones

Language evolves, and sometimes meanings continue after their origins have passed into the kists of time, and construction is no different.

By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 18, 2013