Tesla plans to construct $5 billion factory

Contractors in one or more Southwestern states could gain major business once electric-car maker Tesla settles on a site for a $5 billion battery factory.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2014

Q4 loss for Granite Construction: Blame it on layoffs, not revenue problems

The California-based company said revenue climbed 18.5%, but finishing up a reorganization begun in 2010 took the bottom line to a $28.9 million loss.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2014

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

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New aerial platform snatches working-height record: 185 feet

JLG Industries has introduced a new boom lift that has lifted the height crown up 185 feet to its own head.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2014

Target to architect: Build store on former prison dump

MBH Architects was given an unusual site when Target brought the firm on board for a new store in California – the former dump for San Quentin Prison and all it held.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2014

55% of execs in survey say they expect up year in construction

Wells Fargo asked 522 construction executives about business in their markets in 2014, and the answers put the bank's Optimism Quotient at a record-high 124.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2014

Obama, GOP offer highway-fund proposals hinging on tax-law changes

The president outlined a plan, House Ways & Means Chairman David Camp suggested help for the Highway Trust Fund, and construction executives said they would like enacted legislation.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2014

Nonresidential construction backlog edged up to 8.3 months at end of 2013

Numbers compiled by Associated Builders and Contractors said the national industry had slightly more work on the books in the fourth quarter.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2014

Ohio nursing home project to rise from four-year slumber

An 83-bed nursing home in Dublin, outside Columbus, was mothballed in 2009.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2014

Concrete beam kills 11 workers at Thai project

Officials in Bangpli, Thailand, said 11 construction workers died Tuesday when a concrete beam fell and struck them.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2014

Architects' index turns positive – a bit

The Architectural Billings Index was up to 50.4 nationally in January, with more firms seeing increases than declines.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2014

Two contractors fined for fatal explosion at upstate NY wastewater plant

OSHA cited both companies for multiple serious violations.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2014

Fight for nation's tallest tower in NYC

 A new plan calls for a tower that would eclipse the One World Trade tower. 

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2014

Lull lifts have reached as far as they can, maker will end the brand

The maker of Lull telehandlers says the market and cost of diesel compliance have tipped the balance against the brand.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 25, 2014

Construction in 'hot-spitality' sector surges

Hotel construction is up 16.4% from a year ago.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 24, 2014

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

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