Commercial Building: Page 310
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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 -
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Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.
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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 -
Home starts boom, apartments wane in August construction stats
August data from the Commerce Department showed single-family starts were up 7% from July's pace, but starts on apartment and condominium construction were down 11.1%.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 18, 2013 -
Consultant FMI scales back its forecast for total 2013 construction
The construction and engineering consultant is shaving $4 billion off its second-quarter prediction for put-in-place construction this year, guessing $909.6 billion.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 18, 2013 -
OSHA tags R.I. company for trench-safety violation
Inspectors spotted a crew from D'Ambra Construction Co. Inc. that had workers laying pipe 6 to 7 feet below ground in a trench with nothing to stabilize it, the agency said.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 18, 2013 -
Economical green building and retrofitting require solid project management
Building green does not have to be an expense burden, but making sure that work stays on track is essential.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 18, 2013 -
Firefighters won't die to save solar-powered buildings
It's not that they don't care, but they have been taught that working on or cutting through a roof loaded with solar panels can be very dangerous.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 18, 2013 -
Road construction through Madonna's Long Island farmland angers county
The government has half of the development rights for her horse farm, which meant that a new road was not welcome.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 17, 2013 -
Gypsum Association tells how long ceiling spans can be crack-free
Cracks may form in ceiling panels, but there is a remedy.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 17, 2013 -
Invisible skyscraper construction planned outside of Seoul
Near Incheon Airport in South Korea, a tower is going to be built that could become almost invisible—with the help of cameras and projectors—to show off Korean technology.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 17, 2013 -
Hawaii rail project to rev up, though legal challenge remains undecided
It appeared Monday that even though a federal court challenge to a rail transit system for Oahu has not been resolved, the $5.3 billion project was going to start up again.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 16, 2013 -
Testing sends this robot up the dam wall—and that's a good thing
A prototype machine can climb a vertical wall to assess the integrity of concrete dams or nuclear reactor vessels.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 16, 2013 -
Making your Ford, Chevy or Ram your rolling office
An office in a pickup truck no longer has to mean paperwork shoved into hard-to-reach places.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 15, 2013 -
N.C. joins opens the door for design-build gov't contracts
The Tar Heel State has a new law that allows state and local governments to consider design-build and public-private partnerships as routes to needed construction.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 15, 2013 -
Commercial construction picking up in Indiana's steel region
A gradual recovery in the commercial construction sector in northwest Indiana and areas south of Chicago is doubly good news for the area where steel is made.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 15, 2013 -
Chicago says energy data from large buildings now mandatory
A new law in Chicago requires owners of buildings of 50,000 square feet or more to file annual energy reports with the city, and data verification is required every three years.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 13, 2013 -
Tragedy in the Midwest and useless size: The week's most read construction news
Catch up on some important stories this week with the posts our readers read the most.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 13, 2013
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