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Beschauer Phillips in Olympia, Wash. changes name to Forma Construction
Restructured ownership prompted the company to switch names as it moves forward.
By Nicole Wrona • Sept. 30, 2013 -
Ohio's cranking up highway projects to tune of $2.9 billion
The state DOT gave credit for quick project starts to the governor for proposing that the state issue Ohio Turnpike bonds to get the cash for the work.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 26, 2013 -
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TrendlineTop 5 stories from Construction Dive
Construction Dive editors curate some of the industry’s top stories from this year.
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After the current federal fiscal fight, Highway Transit Fund woes loom
ARTBA says road and bridge contractors will be contributing to joblessness, not employment, if Congress does not find a way to keep the Highway Trust Fund in business.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 26, 2013 -
Construction confidence measure breaks annual pattern of third-quarter collapse
The Construction Industry Confidence Index compiled by Engineering News Record did slide back two points to 67, but this is the first time in four years that the quarter has remained strongly positive.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 26, 2013 -
Your new friends: Robots that fabricate timber products
The University of Stuttgart has teamed with several German companies to see if it is possible to use robotic manufacturing to make complex fabricated timber elements for construction.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 26, 2013 -
Can technology for showing off building concepts be too good?
In some cases, 3-D renderings may be setting clients up for disappointment with buildings that are impossible to deliver.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 25, 2013 -
Chicago contractor cited for second trench-safety violation
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it cited Reliable Contracting and Equipment for the same problem less than 12 months ago.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 25, 2013 -
Army Corps, EPA working on uniform (and perhaps wider) wetlands jurisdiction rules
They have sent a not-yet-public draft for Office of Management and Budget review, but the agreement may well institute a very broad definition of where the Clean Water Act applies.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 25, 2013 -
New Zealand now has a 'paper' cathedral
There are acrylic panels and concrete and shipping containers, too, but 2-foot-diameter paper tubes are the soaring rafters of the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 25, 2013 -
Green construction liability claims have much in common with traditional claims
An attorney says that the specific may vary, but issues over sustainable buildings are still about parties who are unhappy with what they got.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 24, 2013 -
Louisville contractor says labor costs are rising, margins should too
Joe Kelley runs a construction company in Louisville, Ky., and he says the days of clients being able to pit contractors against one another to get lower prices are over.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 24, 2013 -
Economist tells equipment industry that good times are 12 to 18 months out
Construction equipment sales got ahead of the recovery in 2012, so they have slowed, but a construction recovery is in store through 2018, and sales will go up again.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 24, 2013 -
Report: FHWA can help states use unspent Recovery Act road money from Washington
There are legal ways that the Federal Highway Administration can help states commit unspent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, according to an inspector general's report.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 24, 2013 -
Returning business means 2 big truck problems for contractors
A lot of companies got rid of rolling stock in the downturn, but just buying new trucks as business grows does not get a fleet back to what it was.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 24, 2013 -
Korte scores 42nd post office contract with design-build work at Houston facility
The Korte Company says it has been given its 42nd contract to work on a U.S. Postal Service facility, and No. 42 comes with a $42 million contract.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 23, 2013 -
Cat turned out an altogether better backhoe in meeting emission standards
Lower engine emissions were bound to drive up price, so Caterpillar added features in its F series to help justify the expense for customers.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 22, 2013 -
Equipment dealers say 'no way' to proposed Buy America constraint
A U.S.-Canadian trade group a proposal to restrict equipment bought with federal money to American-made machines is all-around bad idea.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 22, 2013 -
Taking a less-cheerful view of August housing starts
Unlike The New York Times, a principal at Auction.com Research did not find August housing-start numbers to be all that great in single-family building.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 20, 2013 -
Public project owners like integrated projecty delivery as a concept, but few get there
A survey done in real-time among public property owners at an AIA meeting revealed that getting everyone on the same page is a great idea, but there are some gaps in understanding how to do it.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 20, 2013 -
Avoid a noise headache: Think about sound control early in design
Mixed-use buildings present challenges in keeping noise from retail uses out of the ears of office or residential tenants above.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 20, 2013 -
An invisible skyscraper and rooftop solar: The week's most read construction news
Need to catch up on the week's construction news? Now is your chance.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 20, 2013 -
Collaboration in construction isn't new, but technology for it is
Word of mouth has long been how partners collaborated on construction projects, but technology makes it faster and better as getting it right becomes more critical.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 19, 2013 -
Road builders, engineers get support from manufacturing group's critique
The National Association of Manufacturers said two-thirds of its members indicated deteriorating roads are causing them headaches.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 19, 2013 -
Colorado road repairs will provide work for commercial firms
The U.S. Department of Transportation is committing money for highway-reopening and repairs on routes in hard-hit eastern Colorado.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 19, 2013 -
Report calls for even more NYC office space: Time to get building?
A commission that looked at Manhattan office demand in the coming decades said that, yes, a lot will be needed, though perhaps not the 80 million-plus square feet the mayor wants.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 19, 2013
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