Commercial Building: Page 306
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Terrible vision: When the Highway Trust Fund can fund nothing
Information from the Congressional Budget Office says that in Fiscal Year 2015 – a year from this October – the federal Highway Trust Fund will have zero dollars to fund construction.
By Ron Gallagher • July 28, 2013 -
Hines, Chevron are pumping up Houston building plans
Hines had been planning on a 41-story office building that is going higher, and Chevron has 50 stories in the works next to two buildings it already owns.
By Ron Gallagher • July 26, 2013 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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When 'no' is the right answer for the client and your company's future
It can be hard to say "no" to business requests in construction, but being honest about capacity is a better long-term strategy than failing to deliver.
By Ron Gallagher • July 26, 2013 -
Think wheel loaders. Think Volvo. Think Chinese?
Forget the days when the name "Volvo" brought images of blond skiers in hand-woven sweaters, because Volvo Group is bringing its Chinese subsidiary's wheel loaders to the U.S. market.
By Ron Gallagher • July 25, 2013 -
Calif. opens certification facility for inertial profiling equipment, operators
Contractors building roads for California now have an in-state facility where they can have inertial-profiling equipment and operators certified to meet contract requirements.
By Ron Gallagher • July 25, 2013 -
China's half-mile-tall skyscraper moves forward, but questions persist
China's Broad Group says the 2,750-foot-tall, mostly residential tower, will give it the rights to the title of "world's tallest building" by next April.
By Ron Gallagher • July 25, 2013 -
Utility sues Bigge over fatal gantry collapse at nuke plant
Bihgge Cranes and Rigging had constructed a gantry to lift a large part from a generator at the Arkansas Nuclear One plant, and it let go while moving 550 tons, killing a worker.
By Ron Gallagher • July 25, 2013 -
Flood by accidental design: Levees send storm surges up Mississippi toward New Orleans
A team of engineers led by the man who designed the federal government's computer model for storm surges says that Mississippi levees below the city inadvertently send water upstream and should be lowered.
By Ron Gallagher • July 24, 2013 -
Builders named for $840M 'reversible lanes' toll-road project in Ga.
The public-private partnership will put tolled commuter lanes in along I-75 northwest of Atlanta.
By Ron Gallagher • July 24, 2013 -
Trade groups sue NYC over pre-installed plumbing
The new disagreement involves residential units in New York's Atlantic Yards.
By Ron Gallagher • July 24, 2013 -
Architecture Billings Index slides down from May but still points up
The index was at 51.6 in June, and since anything over 50 means business is growing, there were handshakes all around.
By Ron Gallagher • July 24, 2013 -
Bertha: A boulder-busting wonder ready to go to work on Seattle
The 7,000-ton machine will bore the tunnel for a road to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct on the Puget Sound waterfront.
By Ron Gallagher • July 23, 2013 -
New software keeps BIM packages updated as projects get built
An application developed by StratusVue lets contractors add data to building information models along the way so it's easier to turn over a completed package to owners.
By Ron Gallagher • July 23, 2013 -
Savings on site investigations can prove expensive later
Finding out about wet soils, unexpected rock, utility conflicts, hazardous materials and other issues can prove that savings a little on site investigation can cost a lot later.
By Ron Gallagher • July 23, 2013 -
Do you doubt the value of BIM? Check out this survey
This COAA survey showed that BIM demand is real when keeping up with design and construction issues.
By Ron Gallagher • July 23, 2013 -
Even with a 1% slip, June construction starts help pull up the Dodge Index
The Dodge Momentum Index, compiled by McGraw Hill Construction, had been running behind 2012 during the first four months of this year, but May and June readings showed promise.
By Ron Gallagher • July 22, 2013 -
After 40 years, downtown Akron, Ohio, will see hotel construction
A group of local business people have created a partnership that they say will bring a 160-room hotel to the Rubber City.
By Ron Gallagher • July 22, 2013 -
Mass. contractor renews annual training program for DBE subcontractors
Boston-based Suffolk Construction is going for a second year of bringing in subcontractors that are state-certified as disadvantaged.
By Ron Gallagher • July 22, 2013 -
Fannie Mae thinkers see growth in 2013's second half despite interest rate rise
Economists at Fannie Mae say they expect second-half growth to grow this year, pulled by continuing residential recovery and consumer optimism.
By Ron Gallagher • July 22, 2013 -
Virginia's Pentagon City will get largest apartment building yet
Vornado is betting on sustained demand in the Washington, D.C. area.
By Ron Gallagher • July 22, 2013 -
Equipment makers, fleet managers closing in on a telematics agreement
It appears that the folks who make heavy equipment and the folks who use it are going to be able to agree on who should know what via data transmissions.
By Ron Gallagher • July 21, 2013 -
Contractors' hiring-pool plan gets court backing, but it's only one case
A federal appeals court upheld a centralized hiring pool that independent electricians ran in Houston, but the ruling was a reversal of an NLRB action, not a general blessing of the idea.
By Ron Gallagher • July 21, 2013 -
Here's a business plan: Find the right customers. Keep them coming back
Part of the reason Birmingham, Ala.-based contractor Stewart Perry came through the recession was a longtime plan to find customers it could serve well and and that were long-term sources of work.
By Ron Gallagher • July 19, 2013 -
JLL report sees commercial construction beginning to join the recovery
While everyone has been cheering for the housing industry as it contributes to a national economic recovery, commercial construction is just now getting underway, Jones Lang LaSalle says.
By Ron Gallagher • July 19, 2013 -
Contractors urging Congress to beat EPA to fly ash rules
The clock is ticking with numerous construction operations likely to be impacted.
By Ron Gallagher • July 19, 2013
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